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Cross-Border Regulation of Swaps Update from ISDA's Robert Pickel (Part 1)
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Regulation 2013: Dodd-Frank Position Limits, CFTC Reuthorization, Regulatory Harmonization
Recognizing the continued evolution of global derivatives markets that has resulted from technological innovation in the United States and abroad, the CFTC issued its FBOT Advisory to provide regulatory clarity with respect...more
On September 5, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") released a joint statement (the "Statement") outlining a renewed commitment to regulatory cooperation...more
Securities regulators signaled an openness to “innovation exemptions” allowing U.S. perpetual contracts and leveraged crypto markets to become competitive with offshore markets....more
Recent statements from the US Department of Justice, the White House, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission indicate a safer environment for responsible risk-taking in digital assets and derivatives....more
To keep you informed of recent activities, here are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
In a significant move aimed at enhancing regulatory clarity and fostering global market access, particularly for offshore cryptocurrency firms, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a new advisory on the...more
The “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” Report, published in July 2025 by the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets (the PWG), includes comprehensive recommendations for immediate...more
On August 1, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an initiative aimed at advancing the U.S.’s position in the global cryptocurrency landscape. Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham revealed the commencement of...more
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
Derivatives and securities dealers and some of their market users are locked in a potentially consequential debate over what legal standards should be adopted to govern pre-hedging (also called “pre-positioning” or...more
On July 31, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued no-action relief for certain swap reporting counterparties that fail to submit a swap data error correction notification (“NAL 25-25”). This relief...more
In addition to everything relating to cryptos, event contracts are one of the hottest topics in Washington at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). Hopefully, when former CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz is...more
The move comes in the wake of an open request for comment on “perps” issued by the CFTC earlier this year—but no new rule or interpretive guidance has followed. Importantly, the SEC has not challenged the listing of ETH...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Division of Market Oversight ("DMO") has issued relief (see CFTC Letter 21-21) extending the no-action positions previously granted with respect to certain position...more
It is becoming increasingly likely that the “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025’’ (the ‘‘GENIUS Act of 2025’’ or the “Act”) will become enacted and signed into law by the President...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) have released several updates in the last year to Canada’s trade reporting regime for over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives. In July 2024, all members of the CSA published final...more
On January 30, 2025, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana proposed a joint resolution of disapproval aimed at rescinding the recent Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Guidance on Carbon Credits ("the Guidance"). The...more
Derivatives market participants and exchanges can breathe a little easier now that Staff of the Market Participants Division and the Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or...more
A 2024 CFTC enforcement action settlement that may have introduced a new test for when the Commodity Exchange Act and the agency's regulations apply on a cross-border basis concerned then-CFTC Commissioner and now Acting CFTC...more
The Commodity Futures Training Commission’s (“CFTC”) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk issued an advisory (the “Staff Advisory”) reminding designated contract markets (“DCMs”) and derivatives...more
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
Our Investment Funds Team examines an interpretive letter from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that may help to clarify when non-U.S. firms with U.S. contacts can be considered non-U.S. persons for...more
Derivatives market participants continue to process the implications of two significant interpretive letters issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff earlier this year. Letter 25-09 effectively...more
In the post-pandemic world, several trends are developing that will fundamentally change the way financial market participants manage commercial risk or trade traditional and rapidly evolving novel assets, while new classes...more