The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated a CFTC complaint against a precious metals credit company for defrauding retail customers through illegal, off-exchange leveraged commodity transactions.

An SEC and CFTC joint proposal to (i) lower the minimum customer margin requirement for security futures and (ii) revise the margin offset table consistent with the proposed reduction was published in the federal register.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency updated the "Corporate and Risk Governance" and "Internal and External Audits" booklets of the Comptroller's Handbook.

Two former precious metals traders settled DOJ fraud and manipulation charges and CFTC spoofing charges.