Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Barclays taps blockchain for equity swaps, options, swaptions
Regulatory capital savings offered by instant settlement of smart contracts on distributed ledgers
End-users debate CFTC automated trading rule
Representatives of energy and agriculture firms clash over Regulation AT
CFTC automated trading proposal worries energy firms
Companies surprised to learn they may need to register as algorithmic traders
OCC "pushing big time" for SEC-EU equivalence deal
Clearing house could lose up to 25% of its members without agreement
Massad denies silencing position limits analysis
CFTC economists stopped from critiquing proposed rule due to “priorities”, not politics
Europe will open gates to US CCPs, says Massad
CFTC adopts substituted compliance for European CCPs; US clearers still waiting on Esma approval
Accounting puts brake on move to daily settled swaps
New margin approach threatens hedge accounting status, could hurt effectiveness
SDRs urge CFTC for more help on data harmonisation
Regulator’s swap data woes are “absolutely solvable”, SDR chiefs say
Firms weigh impact of blockchain on post-trade services
Opportunity for using distributed ledgers in OTC market discussed at meeting held by CFTC
CFTC proposal to expand swap data reporting criticised
Increasing the number of reporting fields ‘doesn’t necessarily add a ton of value’, market participants argue
CFTC does the right thing on trade reporting
US regulator finally moves to clean up its own swap data mess
Energy industry blasts ‘unusable’ CFTC commodity swap data
Vast variety of contracts, lack of coordination by SDRs led to reporting debacle
EU-US clearing deal ‘good enough’ to avoid CME exodus
Banks had planned to quit US clearer on February 21
Banks explore spin-offs for cleared swaps desks
Non-bank dealers would escape Basel III; private equity seen as likely owners
Massad: let market decide what it wants from Sefs
Voice v electronic execution decision left to market participants
CFTC takes steps to clean up ‘garbage’ swaps data
Market participants frustrated at attempts to further standardise swaps in data reporting proposals
How ‘Death Star’ and AIG sparked a new era in regulation
Ferc and the CFTC have overlearned the lessons of past crises
Currency spoofing probe could spell trouble for forex options
Some class action attorneys are watching developments closely
CFTC de minimis report worries US energy firms
Use of "alternate indicators" for dealing activity raises alarm bells in industry
Position limits are an idea whose time has passed – Giancarlo
Low commodity prices dent rationale for US and EU anti-speculation rules, CFTC commissioner says
Commodity traders cheer CFTC record-keeping fix
Regulator softens Dodd-Frank rule that energy and grain traders saw as burdensome
Swaps CCPs hope to slash capital via margin change
Treating margin as settlement could cut leverage – CME, Eurex, Ice, LCH.Clearnet all seeking approval
CFTC eases margin requirements for inter-affiliate trades
Bowen votes against final rule exempting non-cleared inter-affiliate trades from initial margin
CFTC quizzes clearing banks over leverage-cutting tactic
Billions of dollars in client margin have already been moved off balance sheet