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Project KISS: important issues for commodity markets
In April, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a request for information styled “Project Kiss,” designed as an agency-wide review of the CFTC’s rules, regulations and practices with the aim of making them simpler, less burdensome and less costly.
CONTINUE READINGAsia-Pacific perspectives on enforcement, market abuse and market misconduct
This webinar will provide an Asia-Pacific perspective on enforcement issues affecting market participants trading on regulated derivatives markets.
CONTINUE READINGCustomer collateral protections for listed derivatives in the U.S. and U.K.
This webinar will explore the fundamental features of the US and UK customer protection regimes for collateral.
CONTINUE READINGLegislative oversight of the CFTC: a primer
This webinar explained the relationship between the CFTC and the Congress, explaining how prior legislation (like the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and potential future statutory amendments (including CEA Reauthorization and the Financial CHOICE Act) impact the Commission’s operations.
CONTINUE READINGPan-industry coalition urges international banking regulators to revise leverage ratio
A coalition of 15 industry bodies representing clearing members, asset managers, insurance companies, commodity end-users, hedge funds, derivatives exchanges and clearinghouses warned that the leverage ratio component of the Basel III capital requirements will harm the strength and stability of the cleared derivatives markets worldwide unless it is amended to recognize the exposure-reducing effect of the collateral that clearing banks collect from their clients.
CONTINUE READINGForeign market access: CFTC regulation of foreign boards of trade and U.S. participation on foreign boards of trade
This webinar will provide a brief history of the CFTC’s approach toward trading on non-U.S. markets; review some of the forces driving today’s demand for increasingly global trading; discuss the process of registering a Foreign Board of Trade with the CFTC; and describe how U.S. intermediaries can do business on FBOTs, and the status of non-US SEFS.
CONTINUE READINGThe Federal Reserve Board's proposed rule on mandatory contractual stays for QFCs
This webinar will discuss recent developments related to derivatives “safe harbors” under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and banking laws.
CONTINUE READINGBrexit – impact on commodity markets
This webinar will provide insights into the impact Brexit will have on commodity markets.
CONTINUE READINGCCPs in stress: Hong Kong Futures Exchange in 1987
A walk through the only known CCP resolution action: the collapse of the HKFE clearinghouse during the stock market crash of 1987.
CONTINUE READINGCFTC compliance issues for end users
This webinar will discuss compliance issues often confronted by end-users of commodities, as well as corporate end-users when trading in the regulated derivatives markets.
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