External Meetings: Swap Execution Facility Conference Speech by Chairman Gensler

When:

10/4/2010 10:00 AM

Rulemaking(s):

General

CFTC Staff:

Gary Gensler

Scott Schneider

Visitor(s):

Roughly 300 conference attendees.

Organization(s):

Various.

Chairman Gensler addressed how the CFTC will implement the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to regulations of the swaps marketplace and addressed a staff report on the unusual market events of May 6. During the question-and-answer period following the speech, audience members asked questions regarding the definition of swap execution facility and the Dodd-Frank Act's trading requirement.