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The CFTC approved new financial rules submitted by the NFA that are intended to improve protections to customer funds held by futures commission merchants (FCMs). The new financial rules are set forth in NFA Financial Requirements Section 16, and an Interpretive Notice entitled "NFA Financial Requirements Section 16 FCM Financial Practices and Excess Segregated Funds/Secured Amount Disbursements." The rule changes adopted by the CFTC/NFA may resolve problems of the MF Global type, where the cause of the shortfall may have been permitted under-segregation of customer funds, but would not

The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning its information collection titled, "Procedures to Enhance the Accuracy and Integrity of Information Furnished to Consumer

The SEC is amending interim final temporary Rule 15b12-1T under the Exchange Act to extend the date on which the rule will expire from July 16, 2012 to July 16, 2013. Effective Date: July 16, 2012. Expiration Date: The expiration date of interim final temporary Rule 15b12-1T (17 CFR 240.15b12-1T) is extended to July 16, 2013. View rule release in full here (links externally to GPO website).

Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today announced the issuance of time-limited no-action relief for commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) who have been exempt or excluded from registration but, because of recent amendments to CFTC Regulations 4.13and 4.5, now need to register and satisfy compliance obligations. View release in full here(links externally to CFTC website).