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
FHFA Releases 2015 Report to Congress - On June 15, 2016, the Federal Housing Finance Agency's "Report to Congress" for 2015 was released. The document, required under federal law, analyzes Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has amended Regulation 1.35(a) to ease recordkeeping obligations for certain entities with respect to commodity interest transactions and related cash or forward transactions....more
Proposed changes would provide permanent relief from compliance with certain recordkeeping requirements and narrow the types of records that must be identifiable by transaction. The December 2012 amendments to...more
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and the Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have issued relief from certain recordkeeping obligations for persons that are not...more