With the US having led the regulatory drive toward institutional FX transactions being conducted through swap execution facilities and central counterparties last year, the bureaucracy in implementation continues with the CFTC extending major swap participants' reporting procedure for another year.
Read moreUS Government signs off bill scaling back the CFTC's power to control swaps in other countries, after a year of planning global regulatory standardization
Read moreThe ongoing regulatory bureaucracy concerning how swaps are cleared in North American markets has resulted in LCH.Clearnet technically having cleared swaps prior to its SEF approval. CFTC holds off enforcement action for now.
Read moreNotable for her efforts in overseeing the LIBOR investigation, Gretchen Lowe assumes the position of Principal Deputy Director and Chief Counsel in the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement.
Read moreCFTC cites Robert J. Andres of Houston, Texas, his company, Winsome Investment Trust, Robert L. Holloway of San Diego, California, and his company US Ventures LC, in civil monetary penalty of $32,370,000 and restitution for defrauded customers totaling $12 million.
Read moreSeries of senior appointments have been made by CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad as he begins his term at the top of the US federal regulator.
Read moreCFTC's most recently elected Commissioner joins the US regulatory authority after substantial experience in the electronic trading industry at senior level.
Read moreWill make available trading of CME cleared USD interest rate swaps with the launch of its new innovative CCP position switch service.
Read moreUS authorities expand willingness to strengthen global regulatory framework for OTC derivatives by cooperating with Australian financial regulator.
Read moreThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter extending the conditional time-limited relief provided in CFTC No-Action Letter No. 13-76 for Australian-based trading platform Yieldbroker Pty Limited (Yieldbroker). This is no surprise here as authorities across Europe and the United States have been lenient…
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