In this issue:

- CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee To Hold Meeting

- CFTC Announces Members of Market Risk Advisory Committee

- NFA Notifies SDs and MSPs of Annual Questionnaire Requirements

- CFOs Ordered to Return Bonus and Profits Due to False Financial Statements

- SEC Argues in Second Circuit Amicus Brief That Dodd-Frank Protects Inside Whistleblowers

- Financial Conduct Authority Clarifies Its Use of Attestations for UK Authorized Firms

- ESMA Publishes Additional Consultation Paper on MiFID II/MiFIR Implementation

- Excerpt from ESMA Publishes Additional Consultation Paper on MiFID II/MiFIR Implementation:

On February 18, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a new consultation paper (CP) on the implementation of the transparency provisions of the revised EU Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the EU Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). ESMA had previously published another set of MiFID II/MiFIR consultation papers on December 19, 2014. However, the transparency-related sections of these papers did not address certain non-equity instruments. The CP is designed to fill this gap by providing ESMA’s transparency proposals for foreign exchange derivatives, credit derivatives, contracts for differences and “other” derivatives.