Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Feet of Clayton
New SEC chairman split between presidential deregulation agenda and filling holes in existing rules
Transparency premium: insurers seek swaps reporting reform
US insurers claim their bespoke swaps are being front-run, raising hedging costs
Commodity firms aim to tighten up on spoofing
Citigroup fine and CFTC comments put market on alert
OFR leads US push for mandatory adoption of LEIs
Berner says his bureau could use repo-reporting project to drive uptake of legal entity identifiers
Profile: DRW’s Wilson on risk, regulation and real estate
Most recently standing trial accused of manipulating an interest rate futures market, Don Wilson has had a colourful career
CFTC set to flex its muscles in FSOC meetings
FSOC must study the impact of capital rules on trading liquidity, Giancarlo says
Giancarlo orders review of CFTC rules
SDR requirements could be simplified, acting chairman tells Risk.net
People: Jacob Frenkel joins CME’s markets advisory think-tank
Recent changes at CME, S&P Global, CFTC, Ice, ANZ, Euronext, Finra and Eti
Silent running: on the trail of the SEC’s missing CDS rules
The mysterious fate of the apocryphal 2013 clearing proposal, and what comes next
Energy firms increase use of trade surveillance technology
Robotic process automation could be next step for trade surveillance
Top five op risk losses: Mortgage fines continue to plague banks
Megan van Ooyen from SAS rounds up the top five operational risk losses for February 2017
FCA: ‘wait and see’ if Mifid swaps rules are ready in January
Trading obligation consultation due by May, as industry urges clarity rather than speed
Brexit and financial regulation: a delicate negotiation
The UK needs access, the EU needs regulatory data, but a mutually beneficial deal could be elusive
Regulators may consider portability in CCP fire drills
BoE, BaFin and CFTC move signals concern over whether client positions can be moved between banks in a crisis
Clearing portability under threat as FCM pool shrinks
Failure of big clearing brokers could see clients unable to move to stable competitors
VM push fails to deliver cleaner CSAs
Dealers have softened stance on collateral terms as March 1 deadline approaches
Banks get no relief from CFTC’s variation margin delay
No-action letter will benefit only a dozen or so swaps brokerages and energy firms
People: Giancarlo makes new appointments at the CFTC
Recent changes at the CFTC, Ferc, Shell, LME, TriOptima, Blank Rome, Ice Clear Europe, Goldman and the DTCC
Executive disorder: little threat to Dodd-Frank from Trump memos
Order to scrap two rules for each new one cannot capture bank regulators or repeal legislation
People moves: Credit Suisse’s Dainton departs
UniCredit promotions; Hazlewood leaves Deutsche; Goldman's CIO; senior forex hire at SG
‘Reauthorising’ CFTC could alter firms’ attitude to EU position limits
If Commodity End-User Relief Act is passed, it could mean substantial industrial change in US – and Europe
Massad: cost-benefit bill makes CFTC rulemaking 'very difficult'
Departing chairman says the CFTC already does “a good job” of analysing costs
Giancarlo to overhaul Sef rules if given CFTC reins
Acting chairman says all methods of execution should be permitted on Sefs
LEI reporting initiative defended, despite high lapse rate
Operators of legal entity identifiers hope Mifid II will spur greater adoption