Jill Sommers
Commissioners attack CFTC's no-action letters
Letters skirt rulemaking process, according to current and former regulators
CFTC drops 85% exchange-trading limit
Final rule scraps controversial requirement that 85% of any contract must trade on exchanges
New CFTC block trade proposals spark row over 67% threshold
Attack the block
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking
CFTC rule sounds death knell for FIA-Isda trilateral give-ups
Final rule forbids documentation revealing identities or limiting counterparty choice
Gensler defends new CFTC block trade proposals
Revamped rules were not designed to mirror scope of old exemptions, CFTC chair tells FIA conference
International regulators uneasy over Volcker rule
Ban on proprietary trading could affect liquidity in non-US bond markets, regulators argue
Despite MF Global, firms face weaker OTC safeguards
Segregated thinking
CFTC: largest 6% of CDS and rates trades to get block exemptions
Hundreds of OTC product types would receive different reporting and trading thresholds under new CFTC proposals - but there is no exemption for equity derivatives
Futures markets could get OTC-style safeguards
Futures market participants expect tougher - and more expensive - collateral protections to be introduced as a result of the MF Global debacle, and the CFTC is ruling nothing out
CFTC requests 50% increase in funding for 2013
White House resurrects idea of funding CFTC through fees paid by regulated firms
CFTC's Sommers and O'Malia attack 'unworkable' Volcker rule
Republicans dismiss prop trading ban as overly complex, unworkable and unenforceable
CFTC "got it wrong" on block trade threshold rule
Large swap definition to be re-proposed following industry backlash
CFTC analysis of Dodd-Frank costs 'non-existent', says Sommers
Costs and benefits of proposals were not properly studied, according to CFTC commissioner Jill Sommers - a failing that could expose its rules to legal challenges, lawyers warn