CFTC Announces Agenda for the TAC Meeting (with Lofchie Comment)
The CFTC announced the agenda for the Technology Advisory Committee ("TAC") meeting scheduled for January 21, 2014. The meeting will be broken up into three panels covering various issues related to swap execution facility ("SEF") regulation. The focus of the panels includes:
- Panel 1: Swap data reporting;
- Panel 2: CFTC concept release on automated trading environments; and
- Panel 3: Made Available to Trade ("MAT") determinations.
Each panel will offer an opportunity for TAC members to make suggestions and ask questions regarding the covered topics.
Lofchie Comment: This should be an interesting session, given that Commissioner O'Malia has been critical of the CFTC's rulemaking process. So there is at least some potential for open discussion of the CFTC's rules even though the panelists are heavily represented by pro government regulatory advocates.
See: Agenda; Meeting Announcement.