CFTC Holds Technology Advisory Committee Meeting (with Delta Strategy Group Summary)

The CFTC held a Technology Advisory Committee ("TAC") meeting consisting of three panels which discussed, among other things, high-frequency trading in the derivatives markets; programs designed by the futures exchanges to attract business and provide services to customers, including co-location; the CFTC's surveillance program; and the impediment to buy-side participation on swap execution facilities that the CFTC's own rules establish.

Click here to view a summary of the meeting prepared by Delta Strategy Group.

See: CFTC TAC Meeting; Commissioner O'Malia's Opening Remarks. Related news: CFTC Announces Agenda for TAC Meeting (May 28, 2014); Energy Metro Desk Article "Drums along the Potomac" Addresses Perspectives on HFT before the Upcoming TAC Meeting (May 13, 2014); CFTC Technology Advisory Committee to Meet on June 3 (May 13, 2014).