69 Results from "Commodity Futures Trading Commission"
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on course to run out of room to store its data by October because of an £11 million technology budget cut, Commissioner Scott O'Malia has claimed.
26 January 2011
The Futures Industry Association has urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw or defer acting on rules to limit ownership of clearing houses and swap execution facilities.
23 November 2010
The Futures Industry Association has fired the latest salvo in its campaign to head off onerous new record-keeping rules by pressing ahead with plans for an ownership and control reporting system that it claims will form a 'practical and cost-effective' alternative to that proposed by industry watchdogs.
12 October 2010
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is eyeing new rules under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation to safeguard against high frequency trading disruptions to US financial markets.
08 October 2010
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is calling for caps on the ownership stakes members can hold in clearing houses, exchanges and trading systems.
01 October 2010
US futures regulators have upbraided the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade for cutting compliance staff levels in the wake of their 2007 merger.
16 September 2010
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CME Group says it inadvertently placed thousands of test orders on live energy and metals markets on its electronic trading platform yesterday.
15 September 2010
The Futures Industry Association has slammed regulatory proposals to gather more account information from market participants as "premature" and overly burdensome for the industry.
02 September 2010
High-frequency trading firm Infinium Capital Management is at the centre of an investigation by CME Group into whether a $1 surge in oil prices earlier this year was the result of one of its algos going haywire.
26 August 2010
US inter-dealer brokers have called on regulators to ensure fair access to newly-created Swap Execution Facilities as the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission meet to discuss governance and conflicts of interest in the clearing and listing of swaps.
20 August 2010
An over-reliance on computer systems and high-frequency trading were the biggest contributors to the 6 May flash crash that saw a dizzying plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to a poll of retail financial advisors.
12 August 2010
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed new rules that would require exchanges and clearing houses to establish disaster recovery procedures in the event of a market-wide disruption.
15 July 2010
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