Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

The agency announces it's amending how it conducts investigations

The division will not recommend an enforcement action against any SFA Bank, an affiliate, or any other person involved in setting up or operating the ...

While there’s very little likelihood that the SEC and the CFTC will ever merge—Congress would have to approve it—greater cooperation between the two regulators could ...

The Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel has determined that government work performed so that the commodities and futures markets can continue to operate ...

You have until Oct. 24 to comment on the CFTC's proposal to amend business conduct and documentation requirements for SDs and MSPs

"Harmonization should never supplant our agencies’ respective missions and the mandates in our respective governing statutes"

"This regulatory fragmentation may have been appropriate for a different era, but the complexity of today’s financial markets demands a harmonized approach"

These amendments would provide exceptions to compliance with certain swap requirements and, if adopted, would supersede certain previous CFTC no-action positions

The CFTC is withdrawing the proposal to reconsider how the proposed rules would work given recent changes to the industry and evolving market structures

After careful review, the CFTC believes that the voluntary carbon credit guidance issued in 2024 provides limited value to DCMs when listing VCC derivatives contracts