The CFTC issued Orders permitting the clearing activities of the Taiwan Futures Exchange and ICE NGX Canada.
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The CFTC proposed new rules and amendments establishing governance and fitness requirements with respect to market regulation functions and conflict of interest standards at Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities.
The CFTC proposed amendments to allow foreign trade boards ("FBOTs") to offer direct trading access to U.S.-based introducing broker participants and to establish a process for FBOTs to request revocation of their registration.
The CFTC withdrew its original proposal and newly proposed to allow an FCM, subject to certain conditions, to treat separate accounts of a single beneficial owner as if they were owned by different persons, for purposes of margin withdrawals from the separate accounts.
The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee advanced eight recommendations to promote access and competition in the U.S. Treasury markets, repo and funding markets and commodity markets.