International

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is amending existing Commission regulations to establish an alternative to fingerprinting to evaluate the fitness of natural persons who are ...

In another move to nourish “the principles of international comity,” the CFTC March 28 approved a final rule permitting foreign commodity sales agents from having ...

Thomas, Managing Director of Marbury, fraudulently deceived at least two customers, including Thomas’ father-in-law, to give Thomas and Marbury over $1.2 million for the ostensible ...

It was a long time coming but the CFTC March 16 finally issued a formal notice instituting a substituted compliance program for EU-based derivatives clearing ...

The action we have taken today is an important component of that agreement. The notice identifies the rules for which the CFTC will grant substituted ...

Today’s action furthers the commitment to a common approach for transatlantic central clearing counterparties (CCPs) announced on February 10, 2016 by my colleague, CFTC Chairman ...

This no-action letter is being issued simultaneously with Federal Register Notice __ (“the Notice”), pursuant to which the Commission makes a comparability determination regarding the ...

The proposed rule would expand and clarify the exemptions for certain U.S. persons with signature or other authority over foreign financial accounts. In addition, the ...

It sets forth a common approach regarding requirements for central clearing counterparties, or CCPs. And it resolves the issues that were standing in the way ...

For years, individuals owning foreign assets greater than $50,000 have had to file Form 8938 (statement of specified foreign financial assets) with their annual tax ...