External Meetings: Speech before the Futures Industry Association Futures and Options Expo (Chicago, IL)

When:

11/3/2010 9:00 AM

Rulemaking(s):

General

CFTC Staff:

Gary Gensler

Scott Schneider

Visitor(s):

Roughly 400 people in attendance.

Organization(s):

Futures Industry Association

Chairman Gensler addressed how the CFTC will implement the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to regulation of the swaps marketplace. During the question-and-answer period following the speech, audience members asked questions regarding the applicability of rules in the futures markets to the swaps markets.