The CFTC Division of Market Oversight extended no-action relief from certain position aggregation requirements.
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Several traders and a futures commission merchant settled charges for separate trade practice violations.
A Hong Kong-based hedge fund settled CFTC charges for exceeding the spot month speculative position limit for soft red winter wheat futures contracts.
University of Houston Finance Professor Craig Pirrong analyzed Commissioner Dan Berkovitz's support for Dodd-Frank reforms that "have in fact likely increased concentration" by increasing fixed regulatory costs for those operating in this sector.
CFTC Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz advised the CFTC to focus on (i) increasing competition in the derivatives markets and (ii) setting speculative position limits with exemptions for bona fide hedging activities.