CFTC's Giancarlo barred from meeting Sef bigwigs

Former GFI staffer and WMBAA board member cannot speak to ex-colleagues in CFTC role - an outcome one Sef describes as "bizarre"

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Chris Giancarlo, one of three recently appointed commissioners at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is barred by conflict of interest rules from meeting with former employer GFI Group as well as any board members of the Wholesale Markets Brokers' Association Americas (WMBAA), where Giancarlo was also a member.

That prevents him meeting senior executives from some of the market's biggest swap execution facilities (Sefs) – including Chris Ferreri, a managing director at Icap, and

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