Swaps

This is a final rule from the CFTC in 2012 entitled Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants.

Here is a visual presentation of what types of products are considered to be swaps, security-based swaps and those deemed to be outside the CFTC ...

We promised they were coming and last week the CFTC complied (IA Watch, Aug. 13, 2012). It released frequently asked questions with answers designed to ...

The National Futures Association is being asked to waive the registration requirement to pass a securities exam for those associated persons who are involved in ...

This correction makes an editorial correction to language of the preamble that conflicted with the rule text of the final rule.

It should be the final act. This month's joint final rule from the SEC and CFTC gives advisers many of the tools needed to determine ...

This final rule sets up a schedule to phase in compliance with the clearing requirement under new section 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

This is a final rule, released in July 2012 by the SEC and the CFTC that serves Dodd-Frank's desire to regulate derivatives. This rule further ...

This is a final rule, inspired by Dodd-Frank and produced jointly by the CFTC and the SEC to further define “Swap,”“Security-Based Swap,” and “Security-Based Swap ...

This is a small correction to the SEC's and CFTC's joint definitions of “swap dealer,”“security-based swap dealer,”“major swap participant,”“major security-based swap participant” and “eligible contract ...