Swaps

Commissioner Wetjen talks about a new margin proposal that establishes initial and variation margin requirements for uncleared swaps between swap dealers, and others, and certain ...

Commissioner Giancarlo implores that uncleared swaps will remain an important tool for customized risk management by businesses, governments, asset managers and other institutions whose operations ...

Chair Massad applauds a court decision backing the CFTC.

Chair Massad recaps what the Commission has accomplished or seeks to accomplish. "The first is that we must never forget the cost to American families ...

Merrill gets hit for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ processing of futures exchange and clearing fees charged to its customers.

Time-limited no-action relief granted by DMO to swap execution facilities (SEFs) for incorporating by reference previously-negotiated freestanding agreements into SEF-generated confirmations for uncleared swap transactions, ...

(a) IN GENERAL.— (1) STANDARD FOR CLEARING.—It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in a security-based swap unless that person submits such security-based ...

(a) REGISTRATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—No person may operate a facility for the trading or processing of security-based swaps, unless the facility is registered as a ...

(a) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.—It shall be unlawful for any person to accept any money, securities, or property (or to extend any credit in lieu of money, ...