Events listed in Commodity Exchange Act of 1936
AgCon2024 Set for April 11-12
ID 26167
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published a press statement to inform of the upcoming third Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon2024) on April 11-12, 2024 in Overland Park, Kansas. As in the years before, the conference will be jointly hosted by the CFTC and the Center for Risk Management Education and Research (CRMER) at Kansas State University and aims to discuss „a ...
Investment of Customer Funds by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives ...
ID 25888
As announced at the beginning of November 2023 (EventID 23782), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has now published in the Federal Register its consultation on proposed revisions to the regulations governing the safeguarding and investment of client funds by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs). To recall, the CFTC seeks to expand the scope of permissible investments by FCMs ...
CFTC Seeks Public Comment on a Proposal on Investment of Customer Funds
ID 25651
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced an upcoming consultation on proposed revisions to the regulations governing the safeguarding and investment of client funds by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs). Specifically, the CFTC seeks to expand the scope of permissible investments by FCMs and DCOs, replace the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) with SOFR, the *Secured Overnight Financing ...
Fees for Reviews of the Rule Enforcement Programs of Designated Contract Markets ...
ID 25568
On October 30, 2023, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published in the Federal Register the fees it will charge to designated contract markets (DCMs or simply authorized commodity exchanges) and the National Futures Association, the association relevant for the oversight of commodity exchange traders, for purposes of overseeing their rule enforcement programs during 2022. The fees are adjusted yearly based upon the ...
CFTC Vacates SEF Registration of SwapEx LLC
ID 25149
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a news release to inform market participants of the withdrawal of registration of SwapEx LLC as a swap execution facility (SEF). The „exchange“ used to provide a platform for trading commodity derivatives products, including interest rate swaps. The request by the SEF for discontinuance, which was submitted to the CFTC on June 16, 2023, was approved ...
CFTC Staff Extends No-Action Position for Certain Reporting Obligations Under the ...
ID 25046
On September 22, 2023, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the extension of previously granted relief regarding the mandatory Ownership & Control Reporting (OCR) whose primary purpose it is to collect information about the ownership and control of positions in futures and options contracts as well as swaps in order to monitor market participants and identify potential market manipulation. Specifically, the Commission’s ...
Large Trader Reporting Requirements
ID 23900
As previously agreed upon by members of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) at the open meeting on June 7, 2023 (please see EventID 21565 for more information), the Commission is now launching a consultation on modifications to the large trader report under Statutory Instrument 17 CFR Part 17. In its newly published consultation document, the CFTC is suggesting to modernize the report ...
Derivatives Clearing Organization Risk Management Regulations To Account for the ...
ID 23728
As previously announced by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC, the Commission has now published in the Federal Register its final note to extend the comment period on a proposed rule amendment to 17 CFR Part 39, §39.13. To recall, the CFTC seeks to implement previously issued no-action relief as regards the „Treatment of Separate Accounts of a Single Customer by Clearing Members“ ...
CFTC Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Rule to Address the Treatment of ...
ID 23681
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC, has published a press statement concerning its consultation on a proposed rule amendment to 17 CFR Part 39, §39.13 to implement previously issued no-action relief as regards the „Treatment of Separate Accounts of a Single Customer by Clearing Members“ for purposes of initial margin withdrawals (§39.13 (g) 8 iii) (please see EventID 20672 for a detailed description ...
Commissioner Pham Announces Proposed Work Program for CFTC Global Markets Advisory ...
ID 23238
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC, has published a press statement in which it presents and seeks comments on the 2023 – 2025 work program for its Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) which itself consists of three sub-committees, namely the Global Market Structure Subcommittee, the Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee, and the Technical Issues Subcommittee*. The work program outlines key activities the sub-committees will engage ...