Whistleblower Program

Look for new rules in fiscal year 2020

The CFTC has paid out more than $90 million in awards since establishing the Whistleblower Program

RELEASE Number 7953-19 July 1, 2019 CFTC Announces $2 Million Award to Joint Whistleblowers Washington, DC — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today ...

Regardless of whether the CFTC grants an award, the CFTC will not disclose any information which could reasonably be expected to reveal a whistleblower’s identity, ...

Regardless of whether the CFTC grants an award, the CFTC will not disclose any information which could reasonably be expected to reveal a whistleblower’s ...

A new legal settlement – fining Barclays Bank $15 million – recounts the extraordinary steps the firm’s CEO took to try to unmask two whistleblowers. ...

Even the commenters on the SEC’s proposed whistleblower rule revisions seek anonymity (IA Watch, July 5, 2018). Forty percent of the 102 comments the SEC ...

Among numerous proposed revisions to the SEC’s whistleblower rules – many of them technical tweaks – is one that clarifies that the agency wouldn’t offer ...

In the three months since SEC commissioners voted 3-2 to propose a backtrack on planned mutual fund adviser risk management reporting no minds changed (IA ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) is proposing for public comment several amendments to the Commission’s rules implementing its whistleblower program. Section 21F of the ...