Industry Experts Fear Big Banks Will Withdraw if U.S. Swaps Rules Too Strict

Several financial industry experts said Sept. 22 that one of their key fears as regulators implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is that bigger industry participants with the means to do so will decide to conduct business in jurisdictions outside the United States with friendlier regulatory environments…

Foreign Banks Tell Regulators Oversight of Swaps Entities Should Remain at Home

Seven overseas banking organizations joined together Jan. 11 to tell federal financial regulators that the best way to regulate the swaps activities of such entities is to allow them to operate their…

CFTC, SEC Reach out to Experts in Hectic Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Process

NEW YORK—An unsolicited request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to meet with financial specialists concerning the implementation of landmark financial regulatory reform legislation illustrates a…

CFTC Proposes Rules on Swaps Clearing, Manipulation, Elimination of Credit Ratings

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed rules Oct. 26 that would prescribe how registered entities submit new rules and products for clearing, eliminate the use of credit ratings in CFTC regulations, revamp how…

CFTC Proposes New Rules to Establish Swaps Reporting, Define Agricultural Commodities

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed four rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and…

Regulators Attribute May 6 Flash Crash to One Large Trader’s Rapid Sell Program

In a final report published Oct. 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading…

CFTC to Issue More Than 50 Rules under Dodd-Frank Reform Law, Chairman Gensler Says

NEW YORK—The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will propose “probably more than 50” rules no later than…

CFTC Issues Final Foreign Exchange Trading Rules; Leverage Proposal Relaxed after Outcry

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission late Aug. 30 announced rule changes designed to rein in the fraud-riddled retail foreign exchange trading marketplace, prescribing…

CFTC, Japanese Counterparts Sign Agreement for Cooperation in Investigations Involving Commodity Futures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has signed a “statement of intent” with fellow regulators in Japan to establish a framework for information sharing and cooperation in cross-border investigations of potential violations of commodity futures laws.

CFTC Staff Allows U.S. Clients Access to Turkish Index Futures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter Aug. 17 permitting the offer and sale in the United States of the Turkish Derivatives Exchange’s futures…

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