Confirmations: NFA and CME’s Financial Match.com
Confirmations: Plugging Into Electronic Confirmations
CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs
Daily Reports: Tell Us Where The Money Is
Customer Protection Fund: Slip it to SIPC
Customer Segregation: Keep It Separate
Cole-Frieman & Mallon partner/co-founder Bart Mallon Discusses CFTC Regulation 4.5, the Volcker Rule & Other Compliance Issues
Derivatives Attorney Jim Falvey Discusses the MF Global bankruptcy, the Volcker Rule & Compliance Issues Related to Dodd-Frank
At an industry event in early 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Rostin Behnam set out a comprehensive agenda to include nearly three dozen rulemaking proposals as well as “business...more
On August 27, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published final rules in the Federal Register amending its regulations regarding duties of chief compliance officers (“CCOs”) of swap dealers (“SD”), major...more
On May 3, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) approved for publication in the Federal Register proposed amendments to its rules regarding the duties of Chief Compliance Officers (“CCOs”) for swap dealers...more
Supplemental CFTC Regulation AT Proposal Generally Criticized as Too Prescriptive: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's November 2016 amended proposed rules to address algorithmic trading and users of algorithmic...more
CFTC Again Extends Deadlines for New OCR Compliance; Puts Pressure on FCM Clients Who Will Not Provide Adequate Information Regarding Trading Control - Late last week, staff of the Division of Market Oversight of the...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed new rules — Regulation Automated Trading (Regulation AT) — that would impose new and potentially burdensome risk and compliance controls on any person engaged in...more
On September 17, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ), an Australia-based firm that’s...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the federal agency that regulates trading in futures and other derivatives in the United States, has long maintained and operated a Large Trader Reporting System (“LTRS”) as...more
On March 27, CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight announced that it is providing no-action relief to futures commission merchants, swap dealers and major swap participants from their obligation under...more
On March 23, CFTC Division of Market Oversight and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued a staff advisory to remind certain reporting parties (including futures commission merchants, clearing members,...more
The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have issued an advisory on ownership and control reporting (OCR) for futures...more
Just prior to Christmas 2014, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued no-action relief extending the deadline by when chief compliance officer annual reports must...more
On January 6, National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice to members implementing new daily, monthly and quarterly reporting requirements for futures commission merchants (FCMs) for which NFA is the designated...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) recently adopted several rules to improve large trader reporting, facilitate segregation of customer swap margin and enhance customer protections for futures and...more
On June 19, the National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice to its members regarding the implementation of the second phase of the segregated account balance reporting requirements under Section 4 of the NFA’s...more
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Regulation 3.3, which requires each futures commission merchant (FCM) to designate a chief compliance officer (CCO), will become effective on March 29, 2013 in respect of FCMs that are not...more
In this issue: - Mary Jo White, Nominee for Chair of the SEC, Appears Before Senate Banking Committee - SEC Proposes Rules Regarding Technology Systems - FINRA Amends Rules to Address Extraordinary Market...more