External Meetings: Merrill Lynch and Position Limits Team

When:
8/16/2010 10:00 AM
Rulemaking(s):
XXVI. Position Limits

CFTC Staff:
Bruce Fekrat

Stephen Sherrod

Ali Hosseini

James Outen

Kenneth Danger

Salman Banaei

Gary Martinaitis

Anuradha Banerjee

David Kass

Tom Littlefield
Visitor(s):
Dennis Albrecht (Merrill Lynch)

Mark Elliott (Merrill Lynch)

Kelly Funderburk (Merrill Lynch)

Rhys Roberts (Merrill Lynch)

Kevin MacMillan (Merrill Lynch)

Kenneth Raisler (Sullivan & Cromwell)
Organization(s):
Merrill Lynch

  • The participants discussed various issues related to a possible rulemaking that would require large trader reports on positions in certain swaps (to support the CFTC’s mandate to set position limits on exempt and agricultural commodity derivatives), including possible approaches to setting reporting thresholds and identifying potential reporting entities.