See below for date, rulemaking discussed, CFTC staff present, visitors, and organizations represented. WHEN: 9/11/2012 Rulemaking(s): General CFTC Staff: Commissioner O'MaliaAli Hosseini Visitor(s): Marc CharonCarlotta KingJennifer Han Organization(s): MFA

See below for date, rulemaking discussed, CFTC staff present, visitors, and organizations represented. WHEN: 9/11/2012 Rulemaking(s): General CFTC Staff: Commissioner O'MaliaAaron MillerAndrei KirilenkoRichard HayesGeorge Pullen Visitor(s): Mr. Masayuki Yoshida, CommissionerMs. HitomiLmai, Deputy Director of EnforcementMr. Daisuke Niwa, Investigator Organization(s): Japan SESC Lofchie Comment: The Japanese financial regulators were among those that sent very critical comment letters to the CFTC as to the CFTC's expansive assertion of its authority as to non-U.S. swaps and non-U.S. institutions

See below for date, rulemaking discussed, CFTC staff present, visitors, and organizations represented. WHEN: 9/11/2012 Rulemaking(s): Capital MarginGeneral CFTC Staff: John LawtonDoug LeslieStephen SherrodRiva AdrianceAmanda OlearJacqueline MesaJohn Riley Visitor(s): Jiri Krol, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs (AIMA)Roy Katzovicz, Chief Legal Officer and Investment Team Member (Pershing Square Capital Management, LP)Jennifer Wood, Director, Head of Asset Management Regulation (AIMA)Hunter Moorhead (Crossroads Strategies) Organization(s): Alternative Investment Management

This FDIC Financial Institution Letter addresses underwriting and administering practices in connection with loan participations. View letter here (links externally to FDIC website).

The NASAA announced that Arkansas Securities Commissioner A. Heath Abshure will serve a one-year term as president of the NASAA beginning on September 11. View press release in full here(links externally to NASAA website). See also: NASAA President Abshure's inaugural address.