The No-Action Letter also clarifies the application of the Part 45 recordkeeping requirements for end-users trade options.

In September, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published their finalised rules to improve swap data reporting regulation. Expected to go into effect within the next 18 to 30 months, the ...

The relief to SGX-DC will expire on April 30, 2015, and is conditioned on SGX-DC backloading and reporting all Part 45 data for swaps cleared during the relief period to a CFTC-registered swap ...

According to a Jan. 6 filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the CFTC filed a proposed consent order to resolve all outstanding claims against Gemini. If approved ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) finalized amendments to its regulations governing how CFTC-registered exchanges, clearinghouses and ...

Administrative History of CFTC Regulation §1.44 Paragraph (a) of CFTC Regulation §1.44 defines terms that are specific to the Proposed Rule.

As part of the current rule proposal, the CFTC is proposing amendments to clarify that, for purposes of the gross margining requirement of CFTC Regulation §39.18 (g) (8) (i), each separate ...

As a threshold consideration, the CFTC has proposed the introduction of the Margin Adequacy Requirement in Part 1 of the CFTC’s Regulations, which applies to every futures commission merchant ...

This is the next installment of our multi-part series on the February 20 proposal by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) in respect of proposed CFTC Regulation §1.44 ...

This post continues our multi-part series on proposed CFTC Regulation §1.44 (the “Proposed Rule”). If adopted, the Proposed Rule will require every futures commission merchant (“FCM”) to ...