Christopher Giancarlo to head Commodity Futures Trading Commission
LedgerX registered as derivatives clearing organization
Amendments strengthen anti-retaliation protections
LabCFTC aims to foster “responsible innovation” among fintech innovators and provide information to help inform policy development
The former BMO strategist will help the U.S. derivatives regulator “activate the CFTC’s latent capability for market intelligence”
Various RBS traders attempted to manipulate the U.S. dollar version of the global benchmark for interest rate products
Christopher Giancarlo replaces outgoing chairman, Timothy Massad, who resigned as Donald Trump was inaugurated as U.S. president
The proposed rules generally permit approaches based upon existing U.S. bank regulators’ capital requirements.
The regulator filed 68 enforcement cases and achieved more than US$1 billion in monetary sanctions ordered
Clearinghouses have the resources to withstand a variety of extreme market price changes across a wide range of products