The NFA adopted amendments to its Compliance Rules and Interpretive Notices to cover transactions and counterparties involving swaps.
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A swap dealer agreed to pay $900,000 to settle National Futures Association ("NFA") charges relating to initial margin for uncleared swaps. The NFA alleged that the firm used insufficient methods to evaluate the risks of its uncleared swaps and failed to appropriately back test, benchmark and verify its margin model. The NFA alleged that the swap dealer (i) neglected to take the necessary steps to meet the initial margin and variation margin collection requirements, (ii) failed to adequately supervise its business activities with respect to margin and model monitoring, and (iii) submitted
On September 14, 2018, the CFTC filed and settled 12 enforcement actions against multiple firms and individuals for registration, position limits, recordkeeping, supervisory and reporting violations.
A financial services firm and its parent company agreed to pay a $120 million penalty to settle CFTC charges that it submitted false reports in an attempt to manipulate a global benchmark for interest rate products.
The CFTC issued two orders against a bank and its affiliates for benchmark abuses, currency manipulation and attempting to file false reports. The combined orders levied $425 million in penalty charges.