76 FR 38328 June 30, 2011 In accordance with Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," the CFTC intends to review its existing regulations to evaluate their continued effectiveness in achieving the objectives for which they were adopted. In this regard, the Commission has developed a plan to identify and evaluate its regulations periodically to determine whether any such regulations should be modified, expanded, streamlined or repealed in order to make the agency's regulatory program more effective. After the substantial completion of the promulgation of final rules

CFTC Staff Roundtable Discussion on Proposed Changes to Registration and Compliance Regime for Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors CFTC Press Release 6060-11 June 29, 2011 Staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable discussion on July 6, 2011 to discuss issues related to the proposed changes to Commission Regulation 4.5 and the proposed rescission of Commission regulations 4.13(a)(3) and 4.13(a)(4). The roundtable will assist the CFTC in the rulemaking process. Cross References CFTC Rules 4.5; 4.13(a)(3); 4.13(a)(4); 76 FR 7976 /

CFTC Publishes Two New Data Sets on Daily Net Position Changes CFTC PR 6066-11 July 5, 2011 The CFTC announced the release of two new data sets that add further transparency to commodity futures markets. The new reports, entitled "Large Trader Net Position Changes" and "Trading Account Net Position Changes," build on the CFTC transparency program initiatives. The data and explanatory notes, as well as average values for both measures, can be found on our website. The CFTC is providing this data to the public on a one-time basis. The new "Large Trader Net Position Changes" data relies on the

Letter 11-03 June 28, 2011 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel today announced that it issued a no-action letter on June 28, 2011, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad's futures contract based on the FTSE Kuala Lumpur Composite Index ("KLCI" or "Index"). The KLCI is a broad-based, free-float, market-capitalization-weighted, composite index of 30 highly capitalized and actively traded stocks currently listed on the Main Board of the Bursa Securities Berhad. The Index provides a performance benchmark for

The Takeover Panel July 4, 2011 The Takeover Panel has published guidance in relation to its proposed amendments to the Takeover Code. The guidance, in particular the guidance as to the potential transitional arrangements, is intended to explain the likely sequence of events if the proposed amendments to the Code are adopted. Of particular importance is the "put up or shut up provision" which protects target companies. The guidance states that there will be an automatic presumption of a 28 day limit between an approach and a formal offer being made. This approach contrasts to the current