Commodity Futures Trading Commission

126 results about this entity

Period: 02 Oct 2008 - 14 Jan 2025

Flash crash prompts circuit breaker roll-out

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for uniform circuit breakers on all S&P 500 stocks in response to the "flash crash" that caused mayhem earlier this month.

'Flash crash' post-mortem points to high speed trading curbs

Curbs on high speed trading in US markets appear inevitable as policymakers pore over the sequence of events that led to the dizzying plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average last week.

ICE Futures upbraided by CFTC for putting strain on compliance staff

ICE Futures US has been reprimanded by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for compliance failings that strained the firm's ability to adequately comply with self-regulatory obligations.

SEC and CFTC propose joint IT task force

The Securities and Exchanges Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission want to create a joint IT task force as part of a wider move to harmonise their work and improve cooperation.

Cantor speculates on box office entertainment

Cantor Fitzgerald has filed an application with regulators to launch an exchange that will allow users to hedge and speculate on the financial performance of movies.

CFTC and FSA to lead commodities task force

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) will head up a task force - established by the technical committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) - that will examine regulation of the commodities markets.