Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

The comment period closed last week for the CFTC’s October proposal directed at CPO/CTA registration (CPO/CTA Watch, Oct. 11, 2018). Some 30 comments came into ...

The Senate is being asked to confirm Heath Tarbert to be the next CFTC chairman after current Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo’s term expires next year. ...

In an effort “to understand similarities and distinctions between certain virtual currencies, including here Ether and Bitcoin,” the CFTC has issued a request for comment ...

Better late than never. Three years after the SEC amended its privacy rules eliminating the requirement to send customers an annual notice if nothing has ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) is proposing amendments to regulations relating to the trade execution requirement under the Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’ ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) is proposing to revise its regulations requiring covered persons to provide annual privacy notices to customers. The ...

In October, the SEC gave the industry only 30 days to comment on its long-delayed swaps rules and attracted 21 comments before the deadline closed ...

The latest final rule from the CFTC takes effect next month and makes clear that certain legacy uncleared swap deals aren’t subject to the Commission’s ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) is adopting amendments (‘‘Final Rule’’) to its margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers (‘‘SD’’) and ...

The CFTC’s enforcement division either had a bad FY 2017 or a very good FY 2018.   The Commission’s annual report card on its enforcement ...