This Client Alert White Paper serves as a comprehensive guide to the new rule, which largely supersedes prior CFTC guidance that had informed market practice for over seven years.
Key Points:
..The new rule became...more
The long-awaited guidance clarifies the application of the “actual delivery” exception to leveraged virtual currency transactions with retail purchasers.
Earlier this year, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more
Product innovation (including in pooled investment vehicles) is encouraged, but innovation must be consistent with the law.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary...more
3/5/2020
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The NFA will soon require CPO, CTA, FCM, and IB member firms to provide various disclosures warning investors of virtual currency spot and derivatives trading risks.
New disclosure requirements warning customers,...more
The action reflects the CFTC’s expanded jurisdiction and provides further clarity on what constitutes “actual delivery” in cryptocurrency trading.
On June 2, 2016, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...more
With recent release, the CFTC hopes to eliminate market uncertainty on forward contracts with embedded volumetric optionality.
UPDATE (June 18, 2015): On May 12, 2015, the CFTC adopted the Proposal as proposed (as used...more