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Daily Reports: Tell Us Where The Money Is
Customer Protection Fund: Slip it to SIPC
Customer Segregation: Keep It Separate
Cole-Frieman & Mallon partner/co-founder Bart Mallon Discusses CFTC Regulation 4.5, the Volcker Rule & Other Compliance Issues
Derivatives Attorney Jim Falvey Discusses the MF Global bankruptcy, the Volcker Rule & Compliance Issues Related to Dodd-Frank
US President Donald Trump’s executive order directing executive departments and agencies to initiate a regulatory freeze for certain rules that have not taken effect, pending review by the newly appointed agency head, may...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently published a final rule amending the list of permissible investments for customer funds by futures commission merchants and derivatives clearing organizations....more
At the heart of the statutory and regulatory framework governing transactions in derivatives in the United States is a customer asset protection regime that requires futures commission merchants (FCM) and derivatives clearing...more
Key Points - - Unless an exemption from aggregation is available, all positions in accounts for which any person controls the trading or holds a 10 percent or greater ownership or equity interest must be aggregated...more
On March 23, CFTC Division of Market Oversight and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued a staff advisory to remind certain reporting parties (including futures commission merchants, clearing members,...more
On March 17, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a final rule amending CFTC Regulation 1.22 to remove the December 31, 2018 automatic termination date relating to the phased-in compliance period for the Residual...more
On March 17, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) unanimously approved a final rule removing the December 31, 2018 automatic termination of the phased-in compliance period for the Residual Interest...more