Swaps

This relief permits FCMs to exclude 30.7 customer funds deposited with foreign banks and trust companies in computing the 120 percent limit.

CFTC Chair Massad recaps swaps regulations while pointing out that Congress hasn't given the Commission the resources to do its job.

Commissioner Giancarlo warns that the "world is voting with its trading book to transact in other markets" because of the Commission's swaps rules.

The Division previously provided no-action relief for certain swaps required to be traded on a swap execution facility (SEF) or designated contract market (DCM) to ...

No-action letter again extending the time-limitation contained in an alternative compliance framework available to certain affiliated counterparties pursuant to Commission regulation 50.52(b)(4)(ii)-(iii).

The Division of Market Oversight is extending the relief provided in CFTC Letter No. 14-26 for one year, until December 31, 2015. The letter ...

Chair Massad makes the point that the CFTC has acted on swaps regulations before many other regulators and that "you can’t make substituted compliance determinations ...

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued a no action position from compliance with certain requirements of Regulation 1.57(a)(1), such that a guaranteed ...

Staff interpretation regarding notification of the right to segregation of initial margin in uncleared swap transactions and quarterly reporting under Commission Regulations 23.701 and 23.704.

Chair Massad talks cross-border harmonization and about the EU not yet recognizing U.S. central clearinghouses.