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Strategic Considerations for Transactions Involving CFTC-Registered Entities

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With the Presidential and Congressional transitions taking place this month, we expect increased investment and transactional activity in capital markets. This will likely include trading platforms, exchanges, clearinghouses,...more

Morgan Lewis

CFTC Adopts Amendments to Permissible Customer Funds Investments by FCMs and DCOs

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently published a final rule amending the list of permissible investments for customer funds by futures commission merchants and derivatives clearing organizations....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The CFTC Codifies the Letter 19-17 Compliance Processes Around Separately Margined Accounts

In 2014, the Joint Audit Committee issued a Regulatory Alert insisting that futures commission merchant (FCM) clearing members treat separate accounts of the same beneficial owner as a single account for purposes of US...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC’s Recent Revisions to Reporting Rules for Futures, Options and Swaps

On April 30, 2024 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) finalized amendments to its rules governing reporting requirements for large trader futures and options positions, the latest in a series...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

DC Court Recharacterizes Futures Contracts into Security Futures

On July 28, 2023, in Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the “Court”)  issued an order vacating an exemptive order granted by the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Funds NOT Immediately Available: Actions FCMs Should Take to Protect Customer Funds Deposited at Distressed Banks

As US interest rates rose in 2022, the value of bank investments in long-dated and fixed-rate bonds declined. These declines were substantial enough to render many banks economically insolvent. Depositors not inclined to...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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After much deliberation, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that he, too, will withdraw from the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia next week. His announcement follows over a week of intrigue...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on Broker/Dealer, CFTC and EU/Brexit Developments

BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Proposes Rule Change Regarding ATS Reporting of Transactions to TRACE - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority recently filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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