CFTC Final Rule Amending Existing Regulations to Incorporate Swaps (Fed. Reg. Version)

The CFTC approved a final rule that amends numerous regulations, listed below, so that they now reference swaps and the collateral for swaps, as well as futures. Effective Date: January 2, 2013.

Cross-Reference(s): Dodd-Frank Title VII; CFTC Regulations Parts 1 (General Regulations), 4 (CPOs and CTAs), 5 (Off-Exchange FX Transactions), 7 (Contract Market Rules Altered or Supplemented by the Commission), 8 (Exchange Procedures for Disciplinary, Summary, and Membership Denial Actions), 15 (Reports--General Provisions), 16 (Reports by Reporting Markets), 18 (Reports by Traders), 21 (Special Calls), 22 (Cleared Swaps), 36 (Exempt Markets), 38(Designated Contract Markets), 41 (Security Futures Products), 140 (Organization, Functions, and Procedures of the Commission), 145 (Commission Records and Information), 155 (Trading Standards), and 166 (Customer Protection Rules).

View rule release here: 77 FR 66287.