Opening Statement, Inaugural Meeting of the Data Standardization Subcommittee August 5, 2011 Opening Statement of Commissioner Scott O'Malia Event Details

Wall Street Journal August 8, 2011 In a letter to the editor, CFTC Commission Scott O'Malia criticizes the agency for not engaging in adequate cost/benefit analysis on rules to implement Dodd-Frank. He calls for the CFTC to "to engage in more rigorous, quantitative analyses of the costs and benefits of our over 50 proposed rule makings and 14 final ones under the Dodd-Frank Act . . . The CFTC should proactively review the cost-benefit analyses of every rule making, focusing on quantification and detailing our rationale for choosing certain prescriptive requirements, especially if principles

August 5, 2011 76 FR 47529 This document corrects incorrect text published in the Federal Register of August 1, 2011, regarding Customer Clearing Documentation and Timing of Acceptance for Clearing. Closing Date: 9/30/2011 Cross References Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII; 17 CFR Parts 1, 23, and 39; 76 FR 45730, 8/1/2011 // PDF Version

FINRA RN 11-37 August 5, 2011 FINRA published a regulatory notice to inform firms of the recently-approved expansion of its trading pause pilot rule to include all NMS stocks.The rule previously covered only stocks in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 and certain exchange-traded products.The rule generally provides that a primary market will halt or pause trading in a security when its price declines 10% or more in a rolling five-minute period. Cross References FINRA Rule 6121 SEC Release No. 34-64735 (approval of rule change) FINRA RN 10-30 and RN 10-43 (re. trading pause pilot) Lofchie’s Guide to

Open Meeting on Three Final Rule Proposals under the Dodd-Frank Act CFTC Press Release 6085-11, August 4, 2011 The CFTC held a public meeting on today 4, 2011 and voted to approve the issuance of three final rules under the Dodd-Frank Act dealing with the following topics: Agricultural Swaps; Swap Data Repositories: Registration Standards, Duties and Core Principles; and Implementing the Whistleblower Provisions of Section 23 of the Commodity Exchange Act Opening Statements Opening Statement by Chairman Gary Gensler Chairman Gensler's Statements on Support of the Dodd-Frank Rulemakings Opening