
Newsome leaves CFTC to head up Nymex
Newsome said: “Serving President Bush and the public as chairman during a period of record growth and change in the US futures markets has been an honour. I will always be grateful for this opportunity. I believe the foresight of the Congress in passing the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 [CFMA] has contributed to this growth, and I expect the trend to continue with the strong foundation provided by that important legislation.
“I am very excited to be given the opportunity to serve as president of the New York Mercantile Exchange,” added Newsome. “Nymex is a valuable franchise that effectively serves the risk management and price discovery needs of the energy and metals industries. I look forward to building on the successes of the exchange and have confidence that we will be able to do just that.”
During Newsome’s tenure at the CFTC, the number of contracts traded on US futures exchanges has more than doubled on an annual basis, said the Commission. Newsome was a strong supporter of the CFMA, which transformed the Commission’s regulatory structure from one governed by prescriptive rules to one guided by broad core principles, added the CFTC.
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