The Division is issuing a letter providing time-limited no-action relief to: (1) entities or counterparties transacting package transactions from the requirements of CEA section 2(h)(8); ...
Acting Chair Wetjen talks the Volcker rule and Dodd-Frank before the Senate committee.
The Division of Clearing and Risk issued a letter stating that it will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against ASX Clear (Futures) ...
Acting Chair Wetjen talks about the Volcker Rule, stating "CFTC estimates that, under its Volcker regulations, it has authority over more than 100 registered swap ...
The default judgment found that on at least 10 occasions CT Managers issued, or caused to be issued, statements to pool participants that fraudulently inflated ...
Hampton ordered to pay a $1.5 million penalty and permanently barred from any commodity-related activities. In a related criminal matter, Hampton sentenced to 30 months ...
Commissioner O'Malia discusses technology, swap trade execution, end users, Commission rule 1.35 and more.
Commissioner O'Malia attacks the Commission's approach to MAT determination. He finds it "especially troubling given the CFTC Chief Economist’s assessment that these packaged transactions comprise ...
Rice operated a fraudulent scheme that solicited approximately $1.7 million from one individual to trade leveraged off-exchange forex contracts.
The defendants violated CFTC Regulations that require cotton merchants and dealers that hold or control at least 100 cotton futures positions to report their level ...