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Morgan Lewis

CFTC Issues Final Guidance on Listing Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on September 20 issued final guidance aimed at strengthening market integrity, transparency, and liquidity for derivatives with underlying voluntary carbon credits (VCCs). The...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

CFTC Cracks Down: Escalating Enforcement and Raising the Stakes in the Voluntary Carbon Market

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken a significant step in its oversight of the voluntary carbon markets with a recent enforcement action against defendants who misappropriated funds through a carbon...more

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CFTC to Exercise Its Jurisdictional Hook: Regulating Voluntary Carbon Markets via Futures Exchanges Oversight

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed guidance on December 4 intended to increase the transparency and bolster the integrity of voluntary carbon credits that underlie derivative contracts subject to...more

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Help Wanted: CFTC invites whistleblowers to look for fraud and manipulation in the carbon markets

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Whistleblower Office took the unusual step of inviting market participants to look for and submit tips related to fraud, manipulation, and other forms of misconduct in...more

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