The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the establishment of an advisory committee that will provide a public forum to examine emerging issues related to the energy markets, and the CFTC’s role in these markets.The CFTC’s acting chairman Walter Lukken will serve as chairman of the new Energy Markets Advisory Committee. The other members will […]
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is proposing to expand its registration exemption for foreign firms.The CFTC announced that it has proposed a rule that would permit certain foreign firms to introduce institutional U.S. customers to registered Futures Commission Merchants in connection with trading on U.S. exchanges, without having to register as an introducing broker.The IB […]
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted regulatory amendments that codify its longstanding exemption policy towards foreign brokers. The CFTC says that the amendments provide greater legal certainty to commodity activities undertaken on U.S. markets by persons located outside the U.S. Specifically, it exempts foreign firms from registration as a futures commission merchant, and […]
CFTC achieved record judgments during Fiscal Year 2007