The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee considered subcommittee recommendations for improving the scoping and implementation of initial margin requirements for uncleared swaps.
Several industry associations provided commentary on a CFTC proposal to apply federal speculative position limits to 25 "core referenced futures contracts," including futures and options linked to those contracts and economically equivalent swaps.
The CFTC Division of Enforcement "set forth" guidance for staff to consider when recommending civil monetary penalties in an enforcement action. The guidance will be included in the CFTC Enforcement Manual.
The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Division of Market Oversight issued no-action relief for swaps margin and reporting requirements related to the sale of EU-listed warrants.
The CFTC Divisions of Market Oversight, Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, and Clearing and Risk warned regulated entities "to prepare for the possibility that certain contracts may continue to experience extreme market volatility, low liquidity and possibly negative pricing."
In a working paper published by the London School of Economics, Visiting Professor David Murphy recommended improvements to regulatory review, and used the requirement of mandatory clearing of OTC derivatives as a case study.
In a recent study, CFTC economists found that "intermediary risk appetite plays an important role in the availability of dealer hedging services provided to real economy firms."
A CFTC proposal to make several amendments to exemptions from swap clearing requirements, including for certain sovereign and small banking entities, was published in the Federal Register.
A CFTC final rule to exempt certain transactions with the European Stability Mechanism from uncleared swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register.
The CFTC filed a Complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against several unregistered individuals and companies for conducting two fraudulent schemes involving binary options and digital assets.
The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted no-action relief to certain associated persons from providing fingerprint cards when filing for registration.
The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted no-action relief to futures commission merchants and introducing brokers concerning net capital treatment of covered loans received under the Paycheck Protection Program.
NFA amended communication requirements to allow certain CTAs to make non-public, one-on-one presentations on past performances to eligible contract participants.
