8/7/2025 4:02:37 PM Hitting the Snooze Button: CFTC Staff Issues Relief Intended to Reduce Burdens of Swap Data Notification Requirements By Carl Kennedy Staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued No-Action Relief Letter 25-25 on July...
8/4/2025 6:04:53 PM CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for SEFs on Order Book Obligations By Caron Song Carl Kennedy In a marked departure from its position since 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued No-Action Letter 25-24 on July...
7/3/2025 2:48:49 PM CFTC’s FCM FAQ Aims to Guide New Market Entrants but Adds No New Obligations By Carl Kennedy Stephen Morris Matt Kluchenek Nicholas Gervasi +1 more... Show less On June 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Participants Division (MPD) published a new FAQ clarifying...
6/12/2025 3:32:22 PM On the Hot Seat: Brian Quintenz Faces Senate Spotlight in CFTC Confirmation Hearing By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Matt Kluchenek Alex Kim Nicholas Gervasi +2 more... Show less Brian Quintenz appeared before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry (Senate Ag Committee) for his June 10th...
6/2/2025 7:04:23 PM Can There be Only One? The CFTC Faces an Unprecedented Moment with Potentially One Commissioner By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Nicholas Gervasi As commissioners continue to depart, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) may soon find itself in an...
5/30/2025 5:53:44 PM Stay on Alert: CFTC Staff Reminds Registered Exchanges and Clearinghouses to Evaluate and Calibrate Their Volatility Control Mechanisms By Carl Kennedy Eli Krasnow The Commodity Futures Training Commission’s (“CFTC”) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk issued an advisory...
5/16/2025 9:05:45 PM A Sigh of Relief: SEC Reporting Parties Can Continue Following CFTC Reporting Rules When Reporting Security-Based Swap Data Until 2029 By Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi As a result of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) recently extending relief that the Commission originally...
4/10/2025 6:47:49 PM After 12 Enforcement Actions and 9 No-Action Letters, CFTC Staff Effectively Repeals the Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark Disclosure Requirement By Carl Kennedy The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Market Participants Division (MPD) issued Letter 25-09, which effectively...
4/1/2025 6:28:31 PM Winding Back the Clock: CFTC Withdraws Controversial SEF Registration Staff Letter By Carl Kennedy Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Christopher Collins +1 more... Show less The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its previous staff advisory...
3/11/2025 6:45:50 PM CFTC Acting Chairman Pham Announces Effort to Quickly Resolve Recordkeeping and Reporting Investigations and Pledges Additional Guidance on Self-Reporting and Cooperation By Zachary Schmitz Carl Kennedy During her keynote address at the Futures Industry Association’s International Futures Industry Conference, BOCA50, CFTC Acting Chairman...
2/24/2025 4:42:42 PM President Trump Executive Order on Supervision of 'Independent' Agencies By Dan Davis Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi Amidst a blitz of executive action, on February 18, President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Ensuring Accountability...
1/7/2025 3:20:00 PM The CFTC Codifies the Letter 19-17 Compliance Processes Around Separately Margined Accounts By Stephen Morris In 2014, the Joint Audit Committee issued a Regulatory Alert insisting that futures commission merchant (FCM) clearing members treat...
11/19/2024 5:36:51 PM New Administration, New Direction? What Swap Dealers Can Expect From CFTC Post-2024 Election By Alex Kim Carl Kennedy The 2024 US presidential elections may signal a shift in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) regulatory and...
11/19/2024 5:30:03 PM Expected CFTC Implementations Post-2024 Election: Key Considerations for Futures Commission Merchants By Carl Kennedy Stephen Morris Eli Krasnow Nicholas Gervasi +1 more... Show less The 2024 US elections may signal a shift in the policy orientation of other federal financial regulators, but at the Commodity Futures...
10/25/2024 5:37:25 PM The CFTC Amends Part 40 to Streamline and Improve Product Submission Processes By Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) finalized amendments to its regulations governing how CFTC-registered exchanges,...
6/20/2024 9:27:38 PM Redefining Limits: The CFTC's Updated Block and Cap Sizes for 2024 By Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi The Division of Data (DOD) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) published updated post-initial...