Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) is amending selected provisions of its regulations to simplify certain requirements for swap dealers (“SDs”) and major ...

CFTC won't pursue an enforcement action against a swap dealer acting as a prime broker pursuant to a prime brokerage arrangement.

An unanimous vote greeted a new interim final rule from the CFTC last week that aims to bring “regulatory certainty” to an international swaps market ...

The rule amends the de minimis exception within the agency’s definition of a swap dealer

This final rule is another Project KISS proposal simplifying and reducing burdens by revisiting our rules based on staff implementation experience and public comment. ...

Powderly falsely represented to customers and prospective customers that he and a university professor had developed a commodity futures trading program that generated exceptional hypothetical ...

making this substituted compliance determination, Commission staff has conducted a principles-based, holistic analysis that focuses on regulatory outcomes rather than on a strict rule-by-rule ...

This overly complex and unduly narrow approach was reflected in the original comparability determination for Japan, which left firms subject to an impractical patchwork of ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) is amending the de minimis exception within the “swap dealer” definition in the Commission’s regulations by establishing ...

The United Kingdom (“UK”) has provided formal notice of its intention to withdraw from the European Union (“EU”). The withdrawal may happen as soon as ...