The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that it is hosting more than 50 futures industry regulators from around the world today to discuss modernizing financial regulation.The meeting is closed to the public. The CFTC reports that panel discussions will address issues such as cross-border clearing, the differences between a principles-based regulatory regime and […]
U.S. derivatives regulators and securities regulators announced a deal intended to improve cooperation between them, enabling them to deal with financial innovations that blur the lines between different products.The U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that their respective chiefs, acting CFTC chairman Walter Lukken and SEC chairman Christopher […]
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the establishment of an advisory committee that will provide a public forum to examine emerging issues related to the energy markets, and the CFTC’s role in these markets.The CFTC’s acting chairman Walter Lukken will serve as chairman of the new Energy Markets Advisory Committee. The other members will […]
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is proposing to expand its registration exemption for foreign firms.The CFTC announced that it has proposed a rule that would permit certain foreign firms to introduce institutional U.S. customers to registered Futures Commission Merchants in connection with trading on U.S. exchanges, without having to register as an introducing broker.The IB […]
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted regulatory amendments that codify its longstanding exemption policy towards foreign brokers. The CFTC says that the amendments provide greater legal certainty to commodity activities undertaken on U.S. markets by persons located outside the U.S. Specifically, it exempts foreign firms from registration as a futures commission merchant, and […]
CFTC achieved record judgments during Fiscal Year 2007