Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

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 setting the ...

With less than two months before CFTC rules would have lowered the threshold of gross notional swaps – causing more entities to have to register ...

Both the SEC and the CFTC have staked regulator claims in the burgeoning virtual currency space. Hand the CFTC a victory in a recent court ...

Declare it a smooch from the CFTC. The five commissioners voted unanimously to issue a new proposed rule that falls under the Commission’s Project KISS ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) is proposing amendments to its regulations to permit commodity pool operators (CPOs) that only solicit and/or accept ...

Be on the lookout for signs of a trader who immediately cancels futures orders just after placing them.   That behavior is highlighted in a ...

With Senate confirmation Aug. 28 of two CFTC commissioner nominees, Dawn Stump and Dan Berkovitz need only to be sworn in to assume their new ...

In the CFTC’s latest move to “foster cross-border cooperation and show deference to home country regulation that is deemed comparable to the Commission’s regulation,” the ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is proposing amendments to its regulations to establish a regulatory framework within which the Commission may exempt a clearing ...

The SEC had previously increased position limits for equity security options so new action by the CFTC would create “a level regulatory playing field” by ...