May 23, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

CFTC relaxes certain SEF reporting rules, to incentivize SEF trading

It seems as though trading volumes on Swap Execution Facilities, or SEFs, are not what regulators initially anticipated. To encourage more SEF trading, CFTC Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen  announced three actions to (among other things) promote end-user trading on (SEFs), as well as on designated contract markets (DCMs). What are SEFs? SEFs are licensed trading venues,…

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