In a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam highlighted "emerging trends transforming global derivatives markets" including "digital asset commodities, decentralized finance, and Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing."
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The America COMPETES Act of 2022 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would, among other things, modernize FinCEN's special-measures authority to "empower FinCEN to adapt its existing tools, monitor and obstruct global financial threats, and meet the challenges of combating 21st century crime."
ISDA recommended that regulators adopt the Common Risk Interchange Format and Common Domain Model to allow for the standardization and automation of financial reporting.
CFPB ratified the majority of its existing regulations to address any potential defect in the constitutional validity of the agency's prior actions.
A CFTC final rule to exempt certain transactions with the European Stability Mechanism from uncleared swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register.