Congressional Activity

I am committed to supporting and strengthening the CFTC’s mission to foster open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound markets for the trading of commodity ...

One week after SEC Chairman Jay Clayton seemed tepid about moving on a fiduciary duty standard (IA Watch, Sept. 28, 2017), he told another group ...

The first phase of data reporting for the Consolidated Audit Trail scheduled for the middle of next month coupled with the recent announcement of the ...

October 2015. That’s the last time the SEC consisted of its full five commissioners. President Trump’s nomination of Columbia University Law Professor Robert Jackson to ...

The votes were unanimous Aug. 3. The Senate confirmed J. Christopher Giancarlo as CFTC chairman and added Brian Quintenz and Russ Behnam (CPO/CTA Watch, June ...

It’s round two for Hester Peirce. President Trump has nominated her to fill a five-year term as SEC commissioner. If that name sounds familiar, it’s ...

Signs had already pointed to a significant increase in IA exams by OCIE this year (IA Watch, April 13, 2017). SEC Chairman Jay Clayton told ...

The era of Dodd-Frank implementation at the CFTC is now drawing to a close. It is time for the agency to resume normalized operations and ...

Washington’s glacial pace – slowed by partisan bickering – has claimed another victim.   CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen was due to leave her seat in ...

The membership of the CFTC may be a shell of its full size (see related story), but Acting Chairman Christopher Giancarlo promised June 22 that ...