OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
The CFTCs Enforcement of Misuse of Non-public Information
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) may not be using proper terminology when it refers to insider trading. The Futures Industry Association held its most recent webinar entitled “The CFTC Increases its Focus on Insider…
Giancarlo Uses October to Reiterate Global SWAPS Regulation…
The stare down between American and European regulators over cross-border swaps regulations continues. In the month of October, Christopher Giancarlo, Chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, again made it clear that part of the…
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 Has Full Commissioner Slate
The full slate of commissioners is finally set at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The US Senate approved Dawn Stump and Dan Berkovitz as the fourth and fifth Commissioners on the CFTC. The CFTC…
FIA Supports De Minimus Threshold
Industry leaders wrote a letter in support of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s proposal to keep a swap threshold in place. The Futures Industry Association (FIA) wrote a letter this week in support of CFTC’s…