Podcast: CFTC Issues LIBOR Transition Relief for Swaps
LEGAL ALERT: CFPB Issues Proposed Revisions to No-Action Letter Policy
Open for Business: SEFs Navigate the New Regulatory Environment
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
On April 4, 2025, the CFTC's Division of Market Participants issued No-Action Letter 25-09 regarding the controversial Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark ("PTMMM") requirements in CFTC Regulation 23.431, effectively eliminating the...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Market Participants Division (MPD) issued Letter 25-09, which effectively eliminates the pre-trade mid-market mark (PTMMM) disclosure requirement for uncleared...more
In This Issue. Federal financial regulators brought January to an impactful conclusion last week. On the morning of January 30, five federal financial regulators issued a proposed rule that would fundamentally modify the...more
I’m Dreaming of . . . LIBOR Cessation and Transition. While many of us were enjoying the holiday season, federal and state financial regulators were focused on the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate...more
Digital assets and Blockchain technologies which were once described as the tools of criminals, are now a key part of efforts by traditional financial services firms to transform their businesses and innovative firms looking...more
Editor's Note - “Humility and Prudence” at the CFPB. In a memo to employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) later turned into a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney articulated his...more
Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Publish Study on Banking Activities and Investments under Dodd-Frank - On September 8, 2016, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance...more