Following his boss Barack Obama out the door, CFTC Chairman Timothy G. Massad has announced that he has tendered his resignation to President Obama as Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), effective on January 20, 2017 - not coincidentally the day of President-elect Trump's inauguration. Mr. Massad, age 60, served as the head…
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad and Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of certain regulated firms that operate on a cross-border basis in…
Read moreThe MoUs extend a similar earlier agreement the CFTC signed in 2014 with Canada's four largest regulators, in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia.
Read moreMr. Pan will begin at the Commission on September 28th.
Read moreWith the electronic trading activities at exchanges and clearing houses at the heart of cutting edge technology, and new phenomena such as Bitcoin entering the financial system, CFTC senior officials show concern that the regulators are unable to keep pace with the use, and misuse, of technology
Read moreUS Government signs off bill scaling back the CFTC's power to control swaps in other countries, after a year of planning global regulatory standardization
Read moreNotable for her efforts in overseeing the LIBOR investigation, Gretchen Lowe assumes the position of Principal Deputy Director and Chief Counsel in the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement.
Read moreSeries of senior appointments have been made by CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad as he begins his term at the top of the US federal regulator.
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