CFTC Likely To Tap Industry Body To Enforce Swaps Rules

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Budget constraints could force the U.S. futures regulator to outsource enforcement of planned new trading rules to an industry- funded body, a senior official said Thursday.

The CFTC has alerted the industry-backed National Futures Association that it may be asked to shoulder some oversight of the over-the-counter derivatives market handed to the government agency by the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

The CFTC has estimated that 300 to 400 new firms will register with the agency when it assumes oversight of the OTC market.

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DowJones

Date

January 13, 2011

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Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII

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