The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently announced several new staff letters and public statements with material consequences for legal and business professionals in the derivatives markets. In this alert, we...more
8/19/2025
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The CFTC staff have issued interpretative guidance regarding the application of cross-border definitions under the CFTC’s regulatory regimes covering swaps, foreign futures and foreign options transactions, and foreign boards...more
5/30/2025
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On June 29, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”) regarding the cross-border application of its proposed uncleared swaps margin rules issued last October. The...more
7/14/2015
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The U.S. House of Representatives on June 24, 2014, passed a version of the CFTC reauthorization bill, H.R. 4413, that would exclude investment advisers to registered investment companies (RICs) from the definitions of...more