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Summary of Goal Three Performance Indicators

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Goal Three: Ensure market integrity in order to foster open, competitive, and financial sound markets.
Outcome 3.1: Clearing organizations and firms holding customer funds have sound financial practices.
Annual Performance Goal: No loss of customer funds as a result of firms’ failure to adhere to regulations. No customers prevented from transferring funds from failing firms to sound firms.
Performance Measures FY 2009
Actual
FY 2010
Actual
FY 2011
Plan
FY 2012
Plan
3.1.1 Lost funds:        
a) Number of customers who lost funds 0 0 0 0
b) Amount of funds lost $0 $0 $0 $0
3.1.2 Number of rulemakings to ensure market integrity and financially sound markets 4 4 2 3
3.1.3 Percentage of clearing organizations that comply with requirement to enforce their rules 100% 100% 100% 100%
Outcome 3.2: Commodity futures, options and swaps markets are effectively regulated.
Annual Performance Goal: No loss of funds resulting from failure of self-regulated organizations to ensure compliance with their rules.
Performance Measures FY 2009
Actual
FY 2010
Actual
FY 2011
Plan
FY 2012
Plan
3.2.1 Percentage of intermediaries who meet risk-based capital requirements 100% 100% 100% 100%
3.2.2 Percentage of swap dealers and major swap participants who meet capital requirements N/A N/A 100% 100%
3.2.3 Percentage of SROs that comply with requirement to enforce their rules 100% 100% 100% 100%
Outcome 3.3: Markets are free of trade practice abuses.
Annual Performance Goal: Minimize trade practice abuses.
Performance Measures FY 2009
Actual
FY 2010
Actual
FY 2011
Plan
FY 2012
Plan
3.3.1 Percentage of exchanges deemed to have adequate systems for detecting trade practice abuses 100% 100% 100% 100%
3.3.2 Percentage of exchanges that comply with requirement to enforce their rules 100% 100% 100% 100%
Outcome 3.4: Regulatory environment is responsive to evolving market conditions.
Annual Performance Goal: Rulemakings issued and requests responded to reflect the evolution of the markets and protect the interests of the public.
Performance Measures FY 2009
Actual
FY 2010
Actual
FY 2011
Plan
FY 2012
Plan
3.4.1 Percentage of CFMA Section 126(b) objectives addressed 100% 100% 100% 100%
3.4.2 Number of rulemakings, studies, interpretations and guidances to ensure market integrity and exchanges’ compliance with regulatory requirements 63 51 318 36
3.4.3 Percentage of requests for no-action or other relief completed within six months related to novel market or trading practices and issues to facilitate innovation 100% 100% 100% 100%
3.4.4 Percentage of total requests receiving CFTC responses for guidance and advice 93% 90% 90% 90%

 

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