http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 09 May 2013 21:37:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6585-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6585-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler today announced the Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 10:00 am.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 08 May 2013 17:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6583-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6583-13.html The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an Advisory to reporting markets subject to Part 16 of the Commission’s regulations that provides guidance as to how block trade volume data should be reported pursuant to Regulation 16.01 while the Commission transitions to an enhanced data reporting standard.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 08 May 2013 16:47:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6582-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6582-13.html The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Advisory to reportable market participants reminding them of their legal obligation to submit weekly Form 304 reports for call cotton in a timely manner as required under Regulation 19.02.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 02 May 2013 20:36:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6580-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6580-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides swap dealers and major swap participants with relief from compliance with External Business Conduct Standards rules in connection with certain foreign exchange transactions that have a settlement cycle of no more than seven local business days.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 02 May 2013 20:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6579-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6579-13.html On May 2, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an Order of Registration to the Natural Gas Exchange Inc. (NGX), a foreign board of trade located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 01 May 2013 15:24:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6578-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6578-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides swap dealers and major swap participants with relief from certain disclosure requirements prescribed under Commission Regulation 23.431.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:54:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6577-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6577-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides swap dealers with relief from certain External Business Conduct Standards rules in the context of prime brokerage arrangements.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:37:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6575-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6575-13.html President Obama proclaimed April as National Financial Capability Month stating, “All Americans deserve the chance to turn their hard work into a decent living.” Financial fraud, including Ponzi schemes, can turn all that hard work into nothing but memories and unrealized dreams.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:24:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6574-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6574-13.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler today announced that Office of International Affairs (OIA) Director Jacqueline H. Mesa is leaving the agency for other pursuits.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:27:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6573-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6573-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (the “TAC” or “Committee”) will hold a public meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/odrg_reporttog20release.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/odrg_reporttog20release.html Today, the principals of the authorities with responsibility for the regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets in Australia, Brazil, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Ontario, Quebec, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, have held four meetings to discuss reform of the OTC derivatives market.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:54:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6566-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6566-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order granting a request made by ICE Clear Europe Limited (ICEU), a Commission-registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO), pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:38:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6565-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6565-13.html At the request of the Kansas City Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (KCBTCC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has issued an Order, pursuant to Section 7 of the Commodity Exchange Act, vacating the registration of KCBTCC as a derivatives clearing organization, to be effective on the later of April 16, 2013, or one day after the successful transfer of open interest to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6564-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6564-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (together, the Commissions) today are jointly issuing final rules and guidelines to require certain regulated entities to establish programs to address risks of identity theft.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:13:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6563-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6563-13.html The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter providing swap counterparties that are not swap dealers or major swap participants (“non-SD/MSP counterparties”), with certain relief from the reporting requirements of the CFTC’s swap data reporting rules, which are set forth at Parts 43, 45 and 46 of the CFTC’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6562-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6562-13.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler today announced that Jonathan L. Marcus has been named the agency’s General Counsel. Mr. Marcus has served at the Commission for the past two years as the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:05:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6558-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6558-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“Commission”) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk (“Divisions”) today issued no-action relief for swaps entered into between affiliates of certain wholly-owned and majority-owned market participants from the requirement to report their intra-group swaps to a registered swap data repository (“SDR”), under parts 45, 46, and regulation 50.50(b) of the Commission’s regulations, subject to several conditions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6557-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6557-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued a no-action letter stating that DMO will not recommend that the CFTC commence an enforcement action against an entity that is neither a swap dealer (SD) nor a major swap participant (MSP) (collectively, non-SD/MSP), including all end-users, for failing to report under Part 45 of the CFTC’s regulations, as applicable, commodity options otherwise qualifying for the Part 32 trade option exemption, provided that the non-SD/MSP (1) reports such transactions pursuant to Form TO and (2) notifies DMO if it transacts in excess of $1 billion notional value of trade options in any calendar year.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:50:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6554-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6554-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a time-limited letter stating that DSIO will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against the commodity pool operators of securitization vehicles that are required to register by March 31, 2013, for failure to comply with certain enumerated sections in Part 4 of the Commission’s regulations, prior to June 30, 2013 – provided that the commodity pool operators of securitization vehicles comply with the guidance set forth in the letter with respect to those sections.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:10:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6553-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6553-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a final rule to exempt swaps between certain affiliated entities within a corporate group from the clearing requirement under section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission regulations, subject to a number of conditions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:46:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6552-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6552-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued time-limited no-action relief for swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs) concerning certain recordkeeping obligations under Part 23 of the Commission’s Regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:11:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6551-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6551-13.html Staff from the Division of Clearing and Risk, Division of Market Oversight, and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a No-Action Relief letter today in order to give Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) time to enact certain tariff, protocol or rate schedule changes and take other steps necessary to (a) satisfy the conditions of the exemption granted to them in the related final order of March 28, 2013 and (b) operate within the scope of that exemption.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:34:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6550-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6550-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has approved final regulations governing dual and multiple associations of associated persons (APs) of swap dealers (SDs), major swap participants (MSPs) and other Commission registrants.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:45:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6548-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6548-13.html The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today in a letter that it is taking a no-action position which provides relief from the requirement to register as an introducing broker or a commodity trading advisor for certain affiliates of a swap counterparty and the affiliates’ employees, where the affiliates and their employees engage in certain activity on behalf of the swap counterparty and the swap counterparty has commenced application for registration as a swap dealer or has exceeded the de minimis amount of swap dealing activity under Commission Regulation 1.3(ggg)(4)(i).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:16:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6547-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6547-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a no-action letter that provides certain futures commission merchants (FCMs) with limited relief surrounding the requirement that chief compliance officers of such FCMs prepare and submit an Annual Report, pursuant to Commission Regulation 3.3.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:22:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6546-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6546-13.html The CFTC approved a final order that exempts certain specified transactions of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6545-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6545-13.html The CFTC approved by a seriatim vote of 5 - 0 a Final Order that exempts certain non-financial energy derivative transactions between and amongst government-owned electric utilities and cooperatively-owned electric utilities from most of the requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:03:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6540-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6540-13.html On March 20, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an amended order of registration as a derivatives clearing organization (“DCO”) to the Natural Gas Exchange Inc. (“NGX”).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6538-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6538-13.html The Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (Division) today issued a no-action letter that provides relief from required clearing for a limited set of “stub swaps” that remain after the partial novation or partial termination of an original swap that was not required to be cleared because it was executed prior to an applicable compliance date for required clearing.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:41:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6536-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6536-13.html The Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (Division) today issued a no-action letter that provides relief from required clearing for a limited set of swaps that are generated as part of a multilateral portfolio compression exercise.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6535-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6535-13.html The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Office of Data and Technology (ODT) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Advisory reminding all swap counterparties of the imminent April 10, 2013, deadline for each counterparty to obtain a legal entity identifier (LEI), currently known as a CFTC Interim Compliant Identifier or “CICI”.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:55:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6531-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6531-13.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued a letter advising the Bolsa de Valores, Marcadorias e Futuros (BVMF-Brazil) that its MICEX Index, Hang Seng Index, FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index, and the BSE Sensitive Index futures contracts submitted for review on January 25, 2013, were deemed certified.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:50:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6529-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6529-13.html Today, swap dealers, major swap participants and private funds active in the swaps market are required to begin clearing certain index credit default swaps (CDS) and interest rate swaps that they entered into on or after March 11, 2013.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:14:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6528-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6528-13.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) General Counsel Dan M. Berkovitz today announced he will depart the agency ending a 30-year career in the Federal government.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:06:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6527-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6527-13.html The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Advisory reminding market participants that swap dealers were required to begin reporting data regarding equity, foreign exchange and other commodity swaps, under Parts 43 and 45 of the CFTC’s regulations, on February 28, 2013. Swap dealers must be in compliance with their reporting obligations with respect to historical swaps in these three asset classes by March 30, 2013.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6526-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6526-13.html The Utility designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to issue legal entity identifiers or LEIs (currently known as CFTC interim compliant identifiers or CICIs) has requested operational guidance from the CFTC concerning maintenance of CICIs issued through assisted registration with explicit permission from the entity registered.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:24:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6525-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6525-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has approved a request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) to adopt new Chapter 10 and new Rule 1001 of CME’s rulebook.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6521-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6521-13.html The Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission today received notice from ICE Clear Credit LLC that it has begun offering customer clearing of the iTraxx CDS indices that are subject to the clearing requirement under Regulation 50.4(b) and section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:54:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6518-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6518-13.html The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the International Organization of Securities Commissioners (IOSCO) will hold a public roundtable on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., to discuss the IOSCO Consultation Report, “Financial Benchmarks,” which was published in January 2013.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:11:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6514-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6514-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today granted the petition of Cantor Clearinghouse, L.P. (Cantor) to amend its order of registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:37:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6509-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6509-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on the request submitted by trueEX LLC (trueEX) to amend its order of designation, dated September 25, 2012.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6505-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6505-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that staff will hold a public roundtable on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to discuss the Commission’s proposed rulemaking, “Enhancing Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations,” which was published for public comment on November 14, 2012. Comments on the proposed rulemaking must be filed with the Commission by February 15, 2013.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:02:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6502-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6502-13.html Today, Commissioner Jill Sommers made the following statement:...



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:31:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6501-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6501-13.html Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued to LCH.Clearnet LLC (LCH) (1) a letter approving LCH’s revised rulebook and (2) an amended order of registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). LCH, formerly the International Derivatives Clearinghouse, LLC (IDC), a registered DCO, had requested approval of its revised rulebook following its August 2012 acquisition by LCH.Clearnet Group Limited.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:02:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6500-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6500-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that staff will hold a public roundtable on January 31, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., to discuss the “futurization” of the swaps market.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:21:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6498-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6498-13.html The CFTC is extending the time period for which it is reviewing a request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. for approval of a rule (Rule 1001) submitted pursuant to section 40.5 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6495-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6495-13.html Today the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order granting a request made by Ice Clear Credit LLC (ICC), a Commission-registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO), pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:12:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6494-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6494-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the appointment of Melissa Jurgens to serve as the Secretary of the Commission. The Secretary will manage the decisional workload of the Commission as it continues to complete Dodd-Frank rulemaking and implementation, as well as ongoing enforcement and no action matters.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:03:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6493-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6493-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published in the Federal Register on November 14, 2012 a notice of proposed rulemaking that would adopt new regulations and amend existing regulations to require enhanced customer protections, risk management programs, internal monitoring and controls, capital and liquidity standards, customer disclosures, and auditing and examination programs for futures commission merchants (“FCMs”).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:44:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6492-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6492-13.html The CFTC is extending the time period for which it is accepting public comment on a request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. for approval of a rule (Rule 1001) submitted pursuant to section 40.5 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6489-13.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6489-13.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that both real-time public reporting of swap transactions and swap dealer registration, pursuant to reforms enacted by Congress, began on December 31, 2012.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:48:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6488-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6488-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides further relief for certain U.S. banks that are wholly owned by non-U.S. swap dealers.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:33:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6487-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6487-12.html The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today in a letter that it is taking a no-action position which provides relief from the requirement to register as an introducing broker (IB) or commodity trading advisor for certain affiliates of a swap dealer or swap counterparty that is within the de minimis exception to the swap dealer definition.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:06:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6486-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6486-12.html The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced in a letter that it is taking a no-action position that extends the temporary registration relief it previously granted in CFTC Letter 12-15 (October 12, 2012) to certain associated persons (AP).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:27:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6485-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6485-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a letter providing that DSIO will not recommend that the CFTC take enforcement action against certain commodity pool operators (“CPOs”), commodity trading advisors (“CTAs”) or any principal or associated person (“AP”) thereof who will be required to register with the CFTC pursuant to the recent amendment to Commission Regulation 4.5 or the rescission of Commission Regulation 4.13(a)(4).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6484-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6484-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a letter providing that the Division will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against the commodity pool operators of investment pools that invest in securitization vehicles that comply with the terms of the no-action relief set forth in the 12-45 letter.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6483-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6483-12.html The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the issuance of a letter providing swap dealers with time-limited no-action relief from certain swap data reporting obligations under Parts 43, 45, and 46 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:53:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6482-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6482-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today issued a letter providing reporting parties under Parts 45 and 46 of the Commission’s regulations with time-limited no-action relief from requirements to report certain identifying information regarding their non-reporting counterparties.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:19:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6481-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6481-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Office of the General Counsel (OGC) today issued a no-action letter providing time-limited relief from requirements arising from the Commission’s joint interpretation with the Securities and Exchange Commission that compo equity total return swaps are mixed swaps.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:51:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6480-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6480-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued a letter stating that DCR will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (SGX-DC) for failing to register as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) under section 5b(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA); and will not recommend enforcement action against SGX-DC’s clearing members for failing to register as futures commission merchants (FCMs) under section 4d(f)(1) of the CEA, in relation to the clearing and carrying of existing or new positions in certain commodity swaps for U.S. customers.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6479-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6479-12.html The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight today is providing additional information pertaining to its existing no-action relief for reporting parties under Parts 20, 45 and 46 of the Commission’s regulations (CFTC Letter No. 12-46 or Letter).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:13:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6478-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6478-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today approved an exemptive order providing time-limited relief from certain cross-border applications of the swaps provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) and the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:05:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6477-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6477-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides relief for persons engaging in multilateral portfolio compression exercises.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:41:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6476-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6476-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides relief for certain U.S. banks that are wholly owned by non-U.S. swap dealers.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:46:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6475-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6475-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides relief for persons engaging in floor trader activities.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:18:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6473-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6473-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“Commission”) Division of Market Oversight (“Division”) today issued a no-action letter providing time-limited relief to Swap Dealers (“SDs”) and Major Swap Participants (“MSPs”) from the obligation to report swap data under part 45 of the Commission’s regulations for cleared credit default swaps (“CDS”) that are entered into pursuant to a derivatives clearing organization’s (“DCO”) rules related to its price submission process for determining end-of-day settlement prices for cleared CDS (“CDS Clearing-Related Swaps”).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6471-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6471-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified ICE Futures U.S. (ICE Futures or Exchange) of the results of a rule enforcement review completed by the Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (Division).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:13:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6470-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6470-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved interim final rules for swap dealers and major swap participants who would otherwise be required to comply with certain business conduct and documentation requirements found in provisions of subpart F, subpart H, and subpart I to part 23 of the Commission’s Regulations. The Commission voted [5-0] via seriatim to approve the interim final rules, which will become effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6469-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6469-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides swap dealers and major swap participants with relief from the requirement to disclose the pre-trade mid-market mark to counterparties in certain credit default swaps and interest rate swaps that are identified in the no-action letter (Covered Derivative Transactions).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6468-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6468-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides relief for swaps transacted on Natural Gas Exchange (NGX), with respect to the treatment of such swaps in the calculation of a person’s aggregate gross notional amount of swap dealing activity.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:10:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6467-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6467-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued a letter stating that DCR will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) for failing to register as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) under section 5b(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:07:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6466-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6466-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today issued a no-action letter providing time-limited relief to Swap Dealers (“SDs”) and Major Swap Participants (“MSPs”) from the obligation to report valuation data for cleared swaps as required by § 45.4(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:57:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6465-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6465-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight today issued a letter providing swap dealers with time-limited no-action relief from parts 43 and 45 reporting for prime brokerage transactions, and reporting of Unique Swap Identifiers in related trades under part 45 by prime brokers.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6464-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6464-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule to enhance the Commission’s enforcement program for the futures market.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:24:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6463-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6463-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides certain swap dealers with limited relief surrounding the requirement that chief compliance officers of such swap dealers prepare and submit an Annual Report, pursuant to Commission Regulation 3.3.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:05:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6462-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6462-12.html The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a letter addressing the timeline within which non-clearing member swap dealers must come into compliance with the large swap trader reporting requirements of Part 20 of the CFTC’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6461-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6461-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today issued a letter providing relief from the post-allocation swap timing requirement of § 45.3(e)(ii)(A).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:55:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6459-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6459-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter relating to the fingerprinting requirement under Commission Regulation 3.10(a)(2) for certain principals of Commission registrants.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:11:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6458-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6458-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of a time-limited no-action letter providing temporary no-action relief consistent with the intent to preserve the regulatory status quo with respect to transactions and persons described in certain paragraphs of the Commission’s expiring Second Amendment to July 14, 2011 Order (due to expire on December 31, 2012) and the conditions thereto, by permitting transactions and relevant persons to continue to operate in compliance with various CEA exemptive and excluding provisions in place prior to July 16, 2011, subject to, among other conditions, various anti-fraud and anti-manipulation prohibitions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:13:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6457-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6457-12.html The CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a no-action letter that provides certain futures commission merchants (FCMs) with limited relief surrounding the requirement that chief compliance officers of such FCMs prepare and submit an Annual Report, pursuant to Commission Regulation 3.3.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:16:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6456-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6456-12.html The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issued a letter providing reporting parties under Parts 20, 45 and 46 of the Commission’s regulations with time-limited no-action relief from requirements to report certain identifying information regarding their non-reporting counterparties.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6455-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6455-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is accepting public comment on an amended request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) for approval of a rule (Rule 1001) submitted pursuant to section 40.5 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:29:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6453-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6453-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a letter providing additional guidance to securitization vehicles regarding whether they may be excluded from the definition of commodity pool.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:02:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6452-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6452-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter to mortgage real estate investment trusts (mREITs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:47:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6451-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6451-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) announced the issuance of limited no-action relief to Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (collectively, Swap Entities) from compliance with the prohibition in Regulation 23.22(b) against permitting a person who is subject to a statutory disqualification to effect or be involved in effecting swaps on behalf of the Swap Entity.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:27:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6449-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6449-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides swap dealers and major swap participants with relief from the requirement to disclose the pre-trade mid-market mark to counterparties in certain foreign exchange (“forex”) transactions that are identified in the no-action letter (“Covered Forex Transactions”).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:36:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6446-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6446-12.html In order to account for certain disruptions to the testing of swap data reporting systems caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the issuance of a letter providing swap dealers with time-limited no-action relief from swap data reporting obligations with respect to equity swaps, foreign exchange swaps and other commodity swaps.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6442-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6442-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter to operators of business development companies.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:40:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6440-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6440-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on December 3, 2012, pursuant to section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act and part 49 of the Commission’s regulations, approved an order for ICE Trade Vault, LLC, a provisionally registered swap data repository, to remove the “interest rate” asset class as an asset class for which ICE Trade Vault, LLC will accept data.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6439-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6439-12.html Leaders of authorities with responsibility for the regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets in Australia, Brazil, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Ontario, Quebec, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States, met on November 28, 2012 to discuss reform of the OTC derivatives market as agreed by the leaders at the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit in September 2009.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:12:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6438-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6438-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on December 3, 2012, approved an order for DTCC Data Repository (U.S.), LLC, a provisionally registered swap data repository, to accept swap data for the “other commodity” asset class pursuant to section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act and part 49 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:42:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6436-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6436-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of a time-limited no-action letter granting relief, for bespoke or complex swaps, from certain reporting obligations under Part 43 and Part 45 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:03:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6435-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6435-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued time limited no-action relief to the operators of funds of funds.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:46:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6434-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6434-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter regarding family offices.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:38:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6433-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6433-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued an amended no-action letter addressing the pay-to-play rules applicable to swap dealers who conduct business with certain governmental special entities.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:07:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6431-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6431-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today announced the issuance of a time-limited, no-action letter granting relief from required clearing under section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commission’s newly adopted Part 50 regulations for certain swaps entered into by qualifying cooperatives.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:02:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6430-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6430-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today announced the issuance of a time-limited, no-action letter granting relief from required clearing under section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commission’s newly adopted Part 50 regulations for certain swaps entered into by qualifying affiliated counterparties.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:53:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6429-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6429-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued new rules to require certain credit default swaps (CDS) and interest rate swaps to be cleared by registered derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:32:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6428-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6428-12.html Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today withdrew parts of its “Frequently Asked Questions on Reporting of Cleared Swaps.”



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6427-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6427-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) for approval of a rule (Rule 1001) submitted pursuant to section 40.5 of the Commission’s regulations. CME’s Rule 1001 provides that:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:04:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6426-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6426-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s open meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 29, 2012, has been cancelled.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:53:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6421-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6421-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on November 20, 2012, approved the application of Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. for provisional registration as a swap data repository pursuant to section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act and section 49.3(b) of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:54:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6420-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6420-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Office of the Chief Economist will host the 2012 Research Conference on Friday, November 30 to focus on key issues in the derivatives markets.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:08:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6418-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6418-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., to consider Clearing Requirement Determination under Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6417-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6417-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter addressing the pay-to-play rules applicable to swap dealers who conduct business with certain governmental special entities.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:16:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6415-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6415-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is asking for public comment on a petition submitted by the Natural Gas Exchange Inc. (NGX), for an amendment to its order of registration as a derivatives clearing organization.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:40:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6414-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6414-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) and Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today jointly issued a letter providing swap dealers with time-limited no-action relief from certain requirements of the CFTC’s swap data reporting rules, which are set forth at Part 43, Part 45 and Part 46 of the CFTC’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:10:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6413-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6413-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will move forward with an appeal of a federal district court’s decision vacating the position limits rule.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6412-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6412-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued, for public comment, a proposed CFTC Swaps Report that, when the proposal is finalized, will give the public a view into the previously dark swaps market.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:08:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6411-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6411-12.html Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Office of General Counsel (OGC) is providing its view, in the form of an answer to frequently asked questions (FAQ), in response to questions from market participants and other interested parties regarding the classification of certain physical commercial agreements for the supply and consumption of energy that provide flexibility set forth in the CFTC’s joint Federal Register release with the Securities and Exchange Commission entitled Further Definition of “Swap”; “Security-Based Swap”; and “Security-Based Swap Agreement”; Mixed Swaps; Security-Based Swap Agreement Recordkeeping (“Release”).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:13:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6410-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6410-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by ICE Clear Europe Limited (ICE Clear Europe) for an order pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:29:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6408-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6408-12.html The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk today issued an interpretation regarding Part 22, under which Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations must legally segregate each Cleared Swaps Customer’s collateral, but are permitted to operationally commingle the collateral of their Cleared Swaps Customers.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:57:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6406-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6406-12.html Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk today issued a no-action letter to temporarily delay the compliance date for the Commission’s Part 22 rules, which set forth segregation requirements for cleared swaps and associated cleared swaps customer collateral, from November 8, 2012 to November 13, 2012.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:40:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6405-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6405-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will convene a meeting of its Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, to obtain the views of international regulators, futures industry professionals, and market participants on cross-border issues related to OTC derivatives reform implementation.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/mediaalert103012.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/mediaalert103012.html On Tuesday, October 30, CFTC offices in DC and New York are closed to the public. This information will be updated as needed.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:42:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/mediaalert102912.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/mediaalert102912.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission confirms that the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) public meeting on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, in Chicago will proceed as planned.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:54:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6404-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6404-12.html The CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight announced the issuance of time-limited no-action relief for swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs) concerning certain recordkeeping obligations under Part 23 of the Commission’s Regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:23:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6401-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6401-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (the “TAC” or “Committee”) will hold a public meeting at the Hilton Chicago, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:02:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6398-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6398-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s open meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 25, 2012, has been cancelled.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:44:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6396-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6396-12.html The CFTC yesterday approved for public comment proposed new regulations, and amendments to existing regulations, to enhance protections for customers and to strengthen the safeguards surrounding the holding of money, securities and other property deposited by customers with futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6394-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6394-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today issued final Interpretative Guidance to, under certain circumstances, exempt foreign regulators from the indemnification and confidentiality provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). This exemption applies generally to data that is reported pursuant to foreign law and if the swap data repository (SDR) is registered, recognized, or otherwise authorized by the country’s law and regulation. The Commission voted 3 to 2 via seriatim to issue this Interpretative Guidance, which will become effective upon publication in the Federal Register.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:20:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6392-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6392-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., to consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Enhancing Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:03:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6391-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6391-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule that amends certain current regulations in order to implement aspects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6390-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6390-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter addressing the swap calculation by certain foreign entities of swaps for purposes of the swap dealer and major swap participant definitions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:50:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6389-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6389-12.html Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight is issuing a letter providing time-limited no-action relief from the obligation to include any foreign exchange swap or foreign exchange forward for purposes of determining if a person is a major swap participant, or the calculation to determine if an entity is a swap dealer if the Secretary of the Treasury determines at a later date to exempt such swaps or forwards from the definition of the term “swap” under the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6388-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6388-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter regarding the treatment of agricultural and exempt commodities in making calculations for purposes of the swap dealer and major swap participant definitions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6387-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6387-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight today issued an interpretative letter that clarifies, in light of the recent court decision regarding the Commission’s position limits rule, the scope of the bona fide hedging exemption from the trading thresholds as applied to registered investment companies pursuant to Commission Regulation 4.5.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:24:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6386-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6386-12.html Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight is issuing a letter providing temporary no-action relief from certain requirements in the de minimis exception from the definition of the term swap dealer.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6385-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6385-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) today issued an interpretative and no action letter regarding Eligible Contract Participant issues.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:06:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6384-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6384-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter to provide relief from registration for various swaps intermediaries until December 31, 2012. Without the delay, certain entities would have to be registered immediately.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:42:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6383-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6383-12.html CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Issues Interpretative Guidance to Equity REITs and Certain Securitization Funds



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6382-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6382-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, and Division of Clearing and Risk today issued no-action letters to Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, and certain government and cooperatively-owned electric utilities.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:39:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6381-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6381-12.html Today, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff is responding to frequently asked questions from market participants and other interested parties on the reporting of cleared swaps as required under part 45 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:54:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6380-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6380-12.html Today, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff is responding to questions from market participants and other interested parties on the timing of when counterparties will be required to report swap pricing and transaction data as required under part 45 of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:23:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6377-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6377-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today released a letter providing guidance to registered futures commission merchants (FCMs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:28:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6375-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6375-12.html On August 15, 2012, Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX) requested expedited Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) review of the SGX’s MSCI Indonesia Index futures contract so that it may be offered to U.S. persons.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:47:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6371-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6371-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday, September 25, 2012, approved the application of trueEX LLC (“trueEX”) for designation as a contract market. trueEX is organized as a Delaware limited liability company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of trueEX Group LLC.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:10:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6366-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6366-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today announced an extension of time for compliance in order to provide additional time for market participants to coordinate on the communication of limits for give-ups and bunched orders for futures and swaps.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:37:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6365-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6365-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued a letter advising the Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (BVMF-Brazil) that its S&P 500 Index futures contract submitted for review on August 9, 2012, was deemed certified.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6355-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6355-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on September 19, 2012, approved the application of DTCC Data Repository, LLC for provisional registration as a swap data repository pursuant to section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act and section 49.3(b) of the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:32:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6351-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6351-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by ICE Clear Europe Limited (ICE Clear Europe) for an order pursuant to Section 4d(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:05:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6349-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6349-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s open meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 12, 2012, has been cancelled.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:58:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6348-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6348-12.html Today, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff is responding to questions from market participants and other interested parties on the timing of when entities will be required to register as swap dealers.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:11:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6344-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6344-12.html The CFTC will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:20:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6338-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6338-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued a letter advising Eurex Deutschland (Eurex) that its Euro STOXX 50 Ex Financials Index futures contract submitted by Eurex for review on July 12, 2012, was deemed certified.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6336-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6336-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved final rules to improve the risk management procedures of swap dealers and major swap participants.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6334-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6334-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved final conforming amendments to Part 4 of its regulations, which govern the operations and activities of commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:07:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6332-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6332-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a proposed order that would exempt certain specified transactions of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:39:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6331-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6331-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the launch of a website for market participants to register for CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers (CICI).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:29:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6330-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6330-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a Proposed Order that would exempt certain non-financial energy derivative transactions between and amongst government-owned electric utilities and cooperatively-owned electric utilities from most of the requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6329-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6329-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule to conform the CFTC’s existing intermediary registration rules to changes made to the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:41:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6328-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6328-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a proposed rule to exempt swaps between certain affiliated entities within a corporate group from the clearing requirement of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6327-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6327-12.html Today, the staff of the Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter providing that, for a limited time, market participants can rely on the trade option exemption in CFTC regulation 32.3 without complying with specified provisions thereof.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6326-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6326-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a set of responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding compliance obligations for Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs) and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:25:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6323-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6323-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is asking for public comment on a petition submitted by Cantor Clearinghouse LP (Cantor), for an amendment to its order of registration as a derivatives clearing organization.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:41:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6322-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6322-12.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that staff will hold a public roundtable on Thursday, August 9, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to discuss customer protection requirements for futures commission merchants (FCMs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:19:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6319-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6319-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is asking for public comment on an application by LCH.Clearnet SA for registration as a derivatives clearing organization.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6316-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6316-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on Thursday, July 26, 2012, the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (the “TAC” or “Committee”) will hold a public meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:51:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6314-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6314-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of temporary no-action relief in order to facilitate the Commission’s commitment to coordinate the May 30, 2012, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding aggregation (Aggregation Notice) with the implementation of position limits under Part 151 (Position Limits Rule).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:11:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6312-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6312-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today approved final regulations that establish a schedule to phase in compliance with new clearing requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:03:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6311-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6311-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today proposed new rules to require certain credit default swaps (CDS) and interest rate swaps to be cleared by registered derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:14:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6310-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6310-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order designating DTCC-SWIFT as the provider of the legal entity identifiers (LEI), which will be used by registered entities and swap counterparties in complying with the CFTC’s swap data reporting regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6309-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6309-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued a letter advising Eurex Deutschland that its Euro STOXX 50 Volatility Index Mini Futures contract submitted by Eurex Deutschland (Eurex) for review on June 4, 2012, was deemed certified.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:07:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6306-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6306-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of temporary no-action relief for reporting by non-clearing member swap dealers under the CFTC’s large trader reporting requirements for physical commodity swaps and swaptions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:09:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6305-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6305-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on Thursday, July 26, 2012, the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (the “TAC” or “Committee”) will hold a public meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:02:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6303-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6303-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) today approved new financial rules submitted by the National Futures Association (NFA) that enhance protections to customer funds held by futures commission merchants (FCMs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6302-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6302-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today announced the issuance of time-limited no-action relief for commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) who have been exempt or excluded from registration but, because of recent amendments to Commission Regulations 4.13 and 4.5, now need to register and satisfy compliance obligations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6298-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6298-12.html The CFTC Division of Market Oversight issued a letter to market participants providing temporary no-action relief for less than fully compliant reporting of positions based on ownership under the CFTC’s large trader reporting system for physical commodity swaps and swaptions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:56:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6297-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6297-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2011 a notice of proposed rulemaking that would establish initial and variation margin requirements for uncleared swaps.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:53:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6296-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6296-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a final Order regarding the effective date for swap regulation.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:50:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6295-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6295-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., to consider two Final Rules and a Proposed Rule.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:48:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6294-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6294-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today voted to propose a phased compliance program regarding certain swaps to non-U.S. swap dealers, non-U.S. major swap participants, U.S. swap dealers, U.S. major swap participants, and foreign branches of U.S. swap dealers and U.S. major swap participants.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:21:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6293-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6293-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today approved for public comment proposed interpretive guidance regarding the cross-border application of the swaps provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) and the Commission’s regulations.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:14:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6292-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6292-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) today approved the application of ICE Trade Vault, LLC for provisional registration as a swap data repository pursuant to section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act and section 49.3(b) of the Commission’s regulations, subject to the terms and conditions of the order of Provisional Registration.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:42:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6291-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6291-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has approved for publication in the Federal Register proposed rules and related forms to enhance its identification of participants in Commission-regulated futures and swaps markets.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:45:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6287-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6287-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved for publication in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that re-proposes adding certain provisions to Part 43 of the Commission's Regulations pertaining to block trades in swap contracts.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:21:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6285-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6285-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will no longer hold a scheduled meeting on June 21, 2012



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:32:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6284-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6284-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Chief Economist Andrei Kirilenko will depart the Commission at the end of 2012 to become Professor of the Practice of Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:58:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6283-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6283-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that its Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:43:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6282-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6282-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight today certified a Dow Jones Industrial Average Futures contract submitted by the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) on April 30, 2012.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:07:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6281-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6281-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., to consider Proposed Interpretive Guidance on Cross-Border Application of Certain Swaps Provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Regulations thereunder, and a Proposed Exemptive Order Regarding Compliance with Certain Swap Regulations under the CEA.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:39:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6278-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6278-12.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler today made the following statement after the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government approved the appropriation of $308 million for the agency for Fiscal Year 2013.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:40:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6274-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6274-12.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler today released the following statement after the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies voted to cut the CFTC budget.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:57:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6272-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6272-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight today certified nine contracts submitted by Eurex Deutschland (Eurex) for review on April 18, 2012.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:33:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6271-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6271-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today issued an updated version of the Guidebook for Part 20 Reports, which provides additional guidance and detailed instructions for submitting large swaps trader reports to the Commission.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:51:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6269-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6269-12.html On June 1, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) filed a general creditor claim in the liquidation of MF Global, Inc., No. 11-02790 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6264-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6264-12.html The CFTC announced that staff will hold a public roundtable on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., to discuss the proposed regulations implementing Core Principle 9 for designated contract markets.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 31 May 2012 13:33:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6263-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6263-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that staff will hold a public roundtable on Thursday, May 31, 2012, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to discuss the proposed regulations to implement Section 619 (commonly known as the Volcker Rule) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 18 May 2012 20:20:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6260-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6260-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would modify the CFTC’s aggregation provisions for limits on speculative positions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 18 May 2012 14:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6259-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6259-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule on swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for counterparties to pre-enactment swaps, those swaps executed prior to passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, and transition swaps, those entered into between the law’s enactment date and the applicable compliance date for swap data recordkeeping and reporting.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 10 May 2012 19:14:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6255-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6255-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today voted to propose an Order regarding the effective date for swap regulation.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 07 May 2012 20:34:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr_osc_1.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr_osc_1.html The Ontario Securities Commission today released the following joint statement with other regulators:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 03 May 2012 20:39:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6252-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6252-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., to consider a Final Rule on Core Principles and Other Requirements for Designated Contract Markets and a Proposed Order Amending the Effective Date for Swap Regulation.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 01 May 2012 15:46:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6246-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6246-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today voted to issue a Proposed Interpretative Statement regarding the confidentiality and indemnification provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:12:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6241-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6241-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified NYSE Liffe U.S. (NYSE Liffe or Exchange) of the results of a rule enforcement review completed by the Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (Division).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:32:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6238-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6238-12.html Joint release announcing the approval of a statement clarifying that an entity covered by section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the so-called Volcker Rule, has the full two-year period provided by the statute to fully conform its activities and investments, unless the Board extends the conformance period



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:05:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6237-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6237-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) has issued a letter providing guidance to registered futures commission merchants (FCMs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:56:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6234-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6234-12.html On March 28, 2012, the Montreal Exchange (MX) requested expedited Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) review of the MX’s S&P/TSX 60 Index Mini futures contract so that it may be offered to U.S. persons. MX also requested that the contract may be made available through direct access terminals in the United States.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:33:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6233-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6233-12.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), National Futures Association (NFA), and AARP will co-sponsor a seminar that aims to provide individuals and community leaders with the tools they need to help protect themselves and others from investment fraud. The seminar, "Avoiding Fraud is Your Best Money Strategy," will be held on Thursday, April 26 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the AARP Illinois office, located at 222 N. LaSalle, Suite 710 in Chicago, Illinois.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:36:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6232-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6232-12.html The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the final report on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6228-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6228-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., to consider two Final Rules:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:39:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6226-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6226-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on an application submitted by Nadex Clearing, LLC for registration as a derivatives clearing organization.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:06:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6224-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6224-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order pursuant to Section 5c(c)(5)(C)(ii) of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulation 40.11(a)(1), prohibiting the North American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex) from listing or making available for clearing or trading a set of self-certified political event derivatives contracts.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:58:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6221-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6221-12.html On February 6, 2012, Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX) requested expedited Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) review of the SGX’s Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures contract so that it may be offered to U.S. persons.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:10:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6220-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6220-12.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today issued an Advisory regarding the treatment of bona fide hedging transactions and positions under Commission Regulations 1.3(z), 1.47, and 1.48 as they existed prior to the adoption of the final rule addressing Position Limits for Futures and Swaps.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:48:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6219-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6219-12.html The Division of Market Oversight (the Division) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Advisory highlighting the Commission’s special call authorities relating to claimed exemptions from speculative position limits under 17 CFR parts 150 and 151.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:40:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6217-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6217-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting, This meeting will focus on three significant issues facing the futures and swaps industries as the Commission continues to finalize rules under the Dodd-Frank Act. Those issues are: (1) automated and high frequency trading (HFT): exchange oversight and definitions; (2) final recommendations from the Subcommittee on Data Standardization; and (3) credit limit checks: market structure and technology issues.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:22:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6216-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6216-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by New York Portfolio Clearing, LLC (NYPC), a registered derivatives clearing organization, for an order pursuant to Section 4d(a)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6215-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6215-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight today issued a letter to market participants providing temporary and conditional no-action relief for less than fully compliant reporting under the CFTC’s large trader reporting system for physical commodity swaps and swaptions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:13:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6212-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6212-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by ICE Clear Europe Limited (ICE Clear Europe) for an order pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:39:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6211-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6211-12.html The staffs of the CFTC and SEC have released analyses of market data related to single-name and index credit default swap (CDS) transactions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:34:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6209-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6209-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., to consider one Final Rule: Customer Clearing Documentation, Timing of Acceptance for Clearing, and Clearing Member Risk Management.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:07:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6208-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6208-12.html At the request of CME Clearing Europe Limited (CMECEL), pursuant to Section 7 of the Commodity Exchange Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an Order on March 13, 2012, vacating the registration of CMECEL as a derivatives clearing organization.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:32:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6201-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6201-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight has issued its annual guidance letter to registered commodity pool operators (CPOs).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:41:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6200-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6200-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting submissions from industry participants who wish to be considered for designation by the Commission as the source for identifiers to be used for identification of swap counterparties in swap recordkeeping and swap data reporting under the jurisdiction of the Commission beginning on July 16, 2012.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:49:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6192-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6192-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved for publication in the Federal Register proposed rules to help protect investors from identity theft by ensuring that futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators and other CFTC-regulated entities create programs to detect and respond appropriately to red flags.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:57:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6188-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6188-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that staff will hold a two-day public roundtable to discuss additional customer collateral protection.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:38:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6184-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6184-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:25:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6182-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6182-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:33:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6178-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6178-12.html Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, the chairman of the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), announces that the Commission has voted to establish a Subcommittee on Automated and High Frequency Trading tasked with developing recommendations regarding the definition of high frequency trading (“HFT”) in the context of the larger universe of automated trading.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:18:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6176-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6176-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a final rule regarding changes to Part 4 of the Commission’s regulations involving registration and compliance obligations for commodity pool operators (CPO) and commodity trading advisors (CTA).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:48:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6173-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6173-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission delivered to Congress a report on international swap regulation, as required by Section 719(c) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6171-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6171-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) today released findings of limited reviews of futures commission merchants (FCMs) to assess compliance with requirements to segregate customer funds pursuant to Section 4d of the Commodity Exchange Act (ACT). The limited reviews also covered the FCMs’ obligation to set aside in secured accounts funds deposited by customers for trading on foreign boards of trade under Section 4(b) of the Act and Part 30 of the Commission’s regulations. As of the review date for each FCM, all of the FCMs were in compliance with the segregation or Part 30 secured amount requirements.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:14:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6170-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6170-12.html CFTC Staff will hold a public roundtable on January 30, 2012, to discuss the proposed regulations to implement the “available to trade” provision of the trade execution requirement.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:27:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6166-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6166-12.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler today announced that Vincente Martinez has been hired as the first director of the CFTC’s recently opened Whistleblower Office.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:36:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6163-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6163-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on January 3, 2012, issued a letter informing the North American Derivatives Exchange (NADEX) that it has commenced a 90-day review of NADEX’s proposed political event derivatives contracts.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6162-12.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6162-12.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., on the following topics....



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:35:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6161-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6161-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a Final Order regarding the effective date for swap regulation.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:11:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6159-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6159-11.html Over the past several weeks the Commission has received numerous inquiries regarding the priority of commodity customers’ claims in the MF Global, Inc. (MFGI) liquidation proceeding, and in the MF Global Holdings, Ltd. (the parent company) bankruptcy proceeding.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6157-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6157-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider three final rules under the Dodd-Frank Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:15:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6156-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6156-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight today issued a Guidebook for Part 20 Reports providing additional guidance and detailed instructions for submitting large swaps trader reports to the Commission.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:38:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6153-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6153-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on December 13, 2011, the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (the “TAC”) will hold a public meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:58:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6151-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6151-11.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced a proposed Interpretation that relates to anti-fraud authority provided in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). Today’s Interpretation is the CFTC’s view of the meaning of the term “actual delivery,” and guidance on how the CFTC will determine if the actual delivery exception applies to a transaction.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:43:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6148-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6148-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Monday, December 5, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., on four topics.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6145-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6145-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by ICE Clear Credit LLC (ICC) for an order pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:28:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6144-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6144-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today issued a letter to market participants requiring compliance with the new large trader reporting system for physical commodity swaps and swaptions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:58:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6143-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6143-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today supported the Trustee’s application for an expedited claims process in the MF Global, Inc. (MFGI) liquidation, and authorized the transfer of funds for customers with “cash-only” accounts outside of the claims process.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:06:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6140-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6140-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Commissioner Jill E. Sommers will be acting as the senior Commissioner for the agency in matters relating to the bankruptcy of MF Global, Inc. (MFGI) and the shortfall of funds in MFGI’s segregated accounts containing customer property and funds. The announcement comes after Chairman Gensler recused himself from matters relating to MFGI.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:12:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/silvermarketstatement.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/silvermarketstatement.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued the following statement on Silver Markets.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:43:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/mfgstatement.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/mfgstatement.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission today made a joint statement on MF Global.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:04:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6132-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6132-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule requiring certain advisors to private funds that are dually registered with the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to report information to the SEC for use by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) in monitoring risks to the U.S. financial system.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:09:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6131-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6131-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, October 28, 2011, approved the application of Eris Exchange, LLC (“Eris”) for designation as a contract market.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:08:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6126-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6126-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel today announced that it issued a no-action letter on October 24, 2011, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Taiwan Futures Exchange’s futures contract based on the GTEX.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:56:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6124-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6124-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., on the following topics:...



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:16:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6117-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6117-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is asking for public comment on an application by Eurex Clearing AG for registration as a derivatives clearing organization.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:21:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6116-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6116-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on September 30, 2011, the Subcommittee on Data Standardization of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (the “Subcommittee”) will hold its second public meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6113-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6113-11.html The Division of Market Oversight (“Division”) today issued a Letter providing temporary relief from the requirements of §§ 20.3 and 20.4 of the Commission’s regulations regarding large trader reporting of physical commodity swaps.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6111-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6111-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will no longer hold a scheduled meeting on September 22, 2011.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:55:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6107-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6107-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an Order granting CME Clearing Europe Limited registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) pursuant to Section 5b of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6106-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6106-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the appointment of John L. Rogers to serve as the agency’s Chief Information Officer and Director of the CFTC’s new Office of Data and Technology.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6105-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6105-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC’s) Office of General Counsel today announced that it issued a no-action letter on August 31, 2011, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Euronext Brussels’ (EB) futures contract based on the BEL 20 Index (B20).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:55:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6104-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6104-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, September 8, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., to consider proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topics:...



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:58:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6102-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6102-11.html Gensler Op-Ed: CFTC Eager to Clean Up Swaps Market



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:23:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6101-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6101-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the Commodity Exchange (COMEX) of the results of a joint rule enforcement review completed by the Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (Division).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:14:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6095-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6095-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the appointment of Gary Barnett to serve as the agency’s Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:47:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6094-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6094-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will host a conference on Thursday, August 25, and Friday, August 26, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:20:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6093-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6093-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have approved for publication in the Federal Register a request for comment that is expected to assist in conducting a joint study on stable value contracts.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6092-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6092-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) has awarded the CFTC a “Vision Award” rating of platinum for its FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report in the “Government – City/State/National” category.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:06:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6085-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6085-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, August 4, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., to consider three final rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topics:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:04:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6084-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6084-11.html On July 28, 2011, Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a letter to the public seeking comment on the manner in which the Commission should determine (i) which swaps would be subject to the clearing requirement and (ii) whether to grant a stay of a clearing requirement.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:20:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6081-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6081-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the appointment of Tony Thompson to serve as the agency’s Executive Director.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:33:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6080-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6080-11.html Subcommittee will Look Into Public/Private Solutions for Creating Well-Accepted Standards for Describing, Communicating, and Storing Data on Complex Financial Products



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:12:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6078-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6078-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have approved for publication in the Federal Register a request for comment that is expected to assist in conducting a joint study on international swap regulation.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:44:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6076-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6076-11.html The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a joint public roundtable on August 1, 2011, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, to discuss international issues related to the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:42:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6073-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6073-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order clarifying the effective date of the provisions in the swap regulatory regime established by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) as the CFTC continues to implement rules to reduce risk and enhance transparency in the swap markets.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:11:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6070-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6070-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider four final rules and one proposed rule under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topics:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:59:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6066-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6066-11.html The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the release of two new data sets that add further transparency to commodity futures markets. The new reports, entitled “Large Trader Net Position Changes” and “Trading Account Net Position Changes,” build on the CFTC transparency program initiatives. The data and explanatory notes, as well as average values for both measures, can be found on our website. The CFTC is providing this data to the public on a one-time basis.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:20:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6064-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6064-11.html The CFTC will hold a public meeting on Thursday, July 7, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider five final rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:08:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6062-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6062-11.html A staff working draft of a “no-action” letter that could supplement exemptive relief recently proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is available on CFTC.gov.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:33:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6060-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6060-11.html Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on July 6, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., to discuss issues related to the proposed changes to Commission Regulation 4.5 and the proposed rescission of Commission regulations 4.13(a)(3) and 4.13(a)(4).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:05:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6059-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6059-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel today announced that it issued a no-action letter on June 28, 2011, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad’s futures contract based on the FTSE Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (“KLCI” or “Index”).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:01:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6056-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6056-11.html Subcommittee will look into public/private solutions for creating well-accepted standards for describing, communicating, and storing data on complex financial products.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:00:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6052-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6052-11.html The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that they intend to hold a joint public roundtable on June 16, 2011, to discuss proposed definitions required under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:38:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6050-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6050-11.html The CFTC will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider effective dates of provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:58:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6048-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6048-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced it earned the Association of Government Accountants Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting (CEAR) award for the CFTC’s 2010 Performance and Accountability Report.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:50:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6044-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6044-11.html Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on June 8, 2011, from 1:00 am to 5:00 pm to discuss technical aspects of implementing infrastructures for issuance and maintenance of Unique Product Identifiers (UPIs), as they apply to CFTC’s proposed swap data recordkeeping and reporting rules, as well as other CFTC proposed rules, with a focus on the products and entities under the Commission’s jurisdiction. The roundtable will assist the CFTC in the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 25 May 2011 20:00:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6043-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6043-11.html Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on June 3, 2011, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to discuss issues related to the protection of cleared swaps customer collateral.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 16 May 2011 15:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6038-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6038-11.html Committee to discuss issues concerning the Dodd-Frank Act including proposed rules on position limits, hedge exemptions, the swap dealer definition, the end user exception and margin requirements for uncleared swaps.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 09 May 2011 14:51:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6035-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6035-11.html Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler today announced the appointment of Steven W. Adamske to serve as Director of Public Affairs at the agency.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 04 May 2011 13:50:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6033-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6033-11.html New Subcommittee on Data Standardization is Seeking Nominations for Members



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:38:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6030-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6030-11.html Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released a document setting forth concepts that it is considering with regard to the effective dates of final rules for swaps under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 11 May 2011 14:08:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6026-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6026-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the issuance of proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topics:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:23:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6022-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6022-11.html April 2011 is National Financial Literacy Month. In support of the important goals of empowering Americans through financial education, Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will host an open public meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2011, to better understand the best practices and design of consumer education models being used today.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:31:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6021-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6021-11.html The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that they intend to hold a two-day joint public roundtable on May 2-3, 2011, to discuss the schedule for implementing final rules for swaps and security-based swaps under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:24:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6020-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6020-11.html As part of their ongoing efforts to keep markets that they oversee open and fair for American consumers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that they signed an agreement to foster further cooperation between the two agencies by helping them share nonpublic information.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:52:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6019-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6019-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) today announced that it has proposed rules establishing swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for counterparties to pre-enactment swaps (those executed prior to enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act) and transition swaps (those entered into between the enactment date and the future effective date for final rules concerning swap recordkeeping and reporting).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:22:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6018-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6018-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a final order to provide for the continuation, shutdown and resumption of certain operations of the CFTC in the event of a lapse in appropriations, and to alert all persons regulated by or engaged in proceedings at the CFTC of these provisions.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:21:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6017-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6017-11.html Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commissions) have delivered to Congress a joint staff study on “the feasibility of requiring the derivatives industry to adopt standardized computer-readable algorithmic descriptions that may be used to describe complex and standardized financial derivatives” (see Title VII, Sec. 719(b) of Dodd-Frank).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:03:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6015-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6015-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the issuance of proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topics:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:57:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6013-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6013-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the National Futures Association (NFA), and AARP will co-sponsor a seminar that aims to provide individuals with the tools they need to help protect themselves and others from investment fraud.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6011-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6011-11.html CFTC Cancels Open Meeting Scheduled for March 30, 2011



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:37:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6010-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6010-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the issuance of proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6009-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6009-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) to amend a November 5, 2004 Order issued by the Commission under Section 4d of the Commodity Exchange Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:29:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6001-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6001-11.html Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will host an open public meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2011, to explore the attributes necessary to make swap execution facilities (SEFs) successful.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:04:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6000-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6000-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight issued an Advisory reminding futures commission merchants, clearing members and foreign brokers (reporting firms) to submit an updated Form 102 when changes occur in an existing account.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:30:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5998-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5998-11.html The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) today released for comment the consultative report on the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:25:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5988-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5988-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold its third meeting on March 1, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. in the CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters’ Hearing Room (this meeting was originally scheduled for January 27, 2011 – see CFTC Press Release #5969-11).



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:34:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5987-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5987-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 24, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the issuance of proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topics:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:17:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5977-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5977-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order on January 31, 2011, granting New York Portfolio Clearing, LLC (NYPC) registration as a derivatives clearing organization.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:31:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5973-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5973-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee Meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 27, 2011, has been postponed.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:10:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5972-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5972-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service and Farm Foundation NFP will co-host a workshop on carbon market design from January 31 to February 1, 2011.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:02:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5969-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5969-11.html The CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee will hold its third meeting on January 27, 2011,at 1:00 p.m. in the CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters’ Hearing Room.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:55:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5968-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5968-11.html Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on January 28, 2011, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm to discuss issues related to swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:07:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5967-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5967-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the issuance of a proposed rulemaking under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topic:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:36:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5966-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5966-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the creation of an account on the popular social media platform Twitter, at www.twitter.com/cftc.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:26:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5965-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5965-11.html A Federal interagency working group led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released a report on the oversight of existing and prospective carbon markets, fulfilling a requirement established in Section 750 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:16:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5964-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5964-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the issuance of proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on the following topics:



]]> $urlvar=//www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/ Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:46:00 UTC http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5960-11.html http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr5960-11.html The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, January 13, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider:



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