International

The CFTC now has memoranda of understanding with its regulatory counterparts north and south of the U.S. border. The Commission has announced its latest MOU, ...

A new final rule from the Commission amends Exchange Act rule 13n-4 (duties and core principles of security-based swap data repository) to clarify that security-based ...

The increased use of central counterparties (CCPs) as regulators the world over have ordered mandatory clearing of swaps and other products now turns attention to ...

A divided CFTC Aug 4 issued its latest statement on how to apply its swaps rules across international borders in response to a court case, ...

In a year that has featured the CFTC  signing cooperation memoranda of understanding with fellow regulators (IA Watch, June 10, 2016), the Commission last month ...

Despite the uncertainty created when UK voters opted to flee the EU, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority is moving forward with guidance for firms to comply ...

These actions are part of our overall effort to address the cross-border implications of swap activity, while at the same time harmonizing derivatives regulation with ...

Unfortunately, the Commission’s uncoordinated approach to cross-border harmonization has allowed foreign regulators to respond in kind. The CFTC’s and European Union’s (EU) tortured and repeatedly ...

Commodity trading advisors, pool operators, futures commission merchants and introducing brokers who work outside the U.S. and act on behalf of only “persons located outside ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") is proposing to amend Commission regulation § 3.10(c)(2) and (3). The proposed amendment would amend the conditions under which ...