Commissioner O'Malia's speech covered: Solutions for End-Users, Joint Final Rule and Interpretation of Product Definitions, Lingering Concerns: Municipal Utilities, and One-Pot Portfolio Margining View speech in full here(links externally to CFTC website).

Commissioner Mark Wetjen discusses the challenges the SEC and CFTC face jointly resolving key definitional issues that affect the scope of their respective mandates under Dodd-Frank. Speech primarily covered (i) product definitions, and (ii) end-user exception. View speech in full here(links externally to CFTC website).

Chairman Gensler's remarks provide overview on two key final rules, each of which are at the foundation of swaps market reform, and a related proposed exemption from clearing for cooperatives acting on behalf of their member end users. View statement in full here(links externally to CFTC website).

View notice in full here (links externally to SEC website).

The CFTC announced that it obtained an order of permanent injunction against defendants Robert Mihailovich, Sr. of Rockwall, Texas, and Growth Capital Management LLC (GCM) requiring Mihailovich, Sr. and GCM to make restitution to defrauded customers, disgorge ill-gotten gains, and pay a civil monetary penalty together, totaling over $9.3 million for fraudulently soliciting over $30 million from customers to trade commodity futures contracts and foreign currency (forex). The order also imposes permanent trading and registration bans against the defendants. View press release in full here (links