August 5, 2020
Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a Customer Advisory educating the public about unregistered gold and silver dealers advising investors to use relaxed rules under the Coronavirus …
July 31, 2020
US President Donald Trump would lose in a landslide if the election was held today, according to the analysis of Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of the Cook Political Report, who spoke in an exclusive virtual event for …
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July 29, 2020
Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced an award of approximately $9 million to a whistleblower whose specific, credible, and timely tip led the Commission to open an …
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July 27, 2020
Two people intimately involved in helping to craft the legislation, say that Dodd/Frank has functioned well. Dawn Stump and Dan Berkovitz are both now Commissioners on the Commodity Futures Trading …
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July 25, 2020
Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission at its open meeting today approved a final rule on the cross-border application of certain swap provisions under the Commodity Exchange Act …
July 23, 2020
Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission – CFTC today announced it will award more than $1 million to two whistleblowers who voluntarily provided original information that led the …
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July 17, 2020
“In 2008, obviously the bailout of the banks and capitalization, and now, in this crisis, with governments around the world, especially here in the UK, looking to the finance sector for those solutions as well. So, that’s what’s been really fascinating is how many banks alongside governments- how do we solve this.”
July 15, 2020
Washington, D.C.—FIA today commends the CFTC for proposing a workable and flexible rule on speculative position limits for derivatives. The rule, which has been proposed and re-proposed several times since …
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July 14, 2020
Washington, D.C. — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert today announced the CFTC will hold open meetings on July 22 and 23. The meetings will be held via …
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July 14, 2020
Washington, D.C. — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against respondents Plutus Financial, Inc. d/b/a Abra of California, and Plutus Technologies Philippines Corp. …
