The CFTC approved the application of IMX Health as a designated contract market. In its application, IMX Health stated that it will be the first financial futures exchange for the health care industry.
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The CFTC proposed amendments to rules that impose minimum capital requirements and financial reporting obligations on swap dealers and major swap participants.
In a new Report, a CFTC Technology Advisory Subcommittee described the "promising opportunities and complex, significant risks to the U.S. financial system, consumers, and national security" associated with decentralized finance and generative artificial intelligence.
U.S. Representatives French Hill (R-AR), David Scott (D-GA), and Ann Wagner (R-MO) urged the DOL to "cease its efforts" to adopt the "Retirement Security Rule" proposal "to prevent needlessly inflicting harm on millions of retirement savers across the country."
SIFMA and SIFMA Asset Management Group urged the DOL to withdraw its latest version of the "Retirement Security Rule" proposal and accompanying prohibited transaction exemption amendments that would expand the activities resulting in a person being deemed an "Investment Advice Fiduciary."