CFTC

CFTC Unanimously Approves Project KISS Rulemakings to Ease…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has unanimously approved Project KISS Rulemakings to simplify registrants’ obligations. [caption id="attachment_329494" align="alignright" width="300"] CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo[/caption] “These final rule both originated as…

Eurex

Eurex Launches Swap Clearing to Clients of Futures…

Eurex Clearing, one of the leading CCPs globally wholly owned by Deutsche Boerse, has started offering clearing services for swap transactions to clients of futures commission merchants (FCMs) domiciled in the United States, following authorization…

Rostin Behnan, CFTC Commissioner

FCM Shrinkage Alarms CFTC

[caption id="attachment_319459" align="alignleft" width="209"] Walt Lukken, Chief Executive Officer of the Futures Industry Association[/caption] Since the financial crisis of 2008, the number of Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) has decreased significantly, and the Commodities Futures Trading…

CFTC Data Shows Drop in Retail Fx Deposits…

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday has published its much-awaited monthly report for January 2018, that includes data of Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) that are registered as Retail Foreign Exchange Dealers (RFEDs) in…