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CFTC launched RED LIST of Foreign Entities that Trade Foreign Currency and Binary Options
September 10th, 2015
CFTC Publishes List of Foreign Entities that Illegally Solicit U.S. Residents to Trade Foreign Currency and Binary Options The New Registration Deficient ‘RED List’ Identifies Companies Operating Illegally The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) USA, has issued a press ...
CFTC Orders FXCM to Pay More Than $843,000
September 9th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a press release to inform on its decision to order Forex Capital Markets, LLC to pay more than $843,000 for Supervision and Record-Production Violations and for Violating a Previous Commission Order. ...
CFTC Approves National Futures Association Rules Enhancing Protections for Retail Forex Customers
August 28th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today approved rule amendments and a new interpretive notice filed by the National Futures Association (NFA). NFA is a registered futures association under section 17 of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act), and ...
CFTC Issues Orders of Foreign Board of Trade Registration to Permit Direct Access for ICE Futures Canada, Inc. and Montréal Exchange Inc.
August 27th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) announced today that it has issued Orders of Registration to ICE Futures Canada, Inc. (ICEFC), a Foreign Board of Trade located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and Montréal Exchange Inc. (MX), a Foreign ...
U.S. banks moved billions in trades beyond CFTC’s reach
August 24th, 2015
This spring, traders and analysts working deep in the global swaps markets began picking up peculiar readings: Hundreds of billions of dollars of trades by U.S. banks had seemingly vanished. “We saw strange things in the data,” said Chris ...
CFTC Issues Proposed Amendments to Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Cleared Swaps
August 21st, 2015
What is Swap? A currency swap is the simultaneous sale and purchase of the same amount of a given currency at a forward exchange rate. Find More Glossary Terms for Trading under Trading Education The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading ...
CFTC Orders Swap Dealer to Pay $200,000
August 20th, 2015
CFTC Orders Swap Dealer INTL FCStone Markets, LLC to Pay a $200,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Failure to Supervise Swaps Trading in Violation of CFTC Regulation 23.602 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed and simultaneously settled charges ...
CFTC Issues Order of Exemption from Registration as a Derivatives Clearing Organization to ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited
August 19th, 2015
First Order of its Kind Issued by the Commission The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) issued an order of exemption from registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) to ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited (ASX). The order is ...
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company
August 10th, 2015
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company, Wall Street Pirate Management, LLC, with Making False Statements to the National Futures Association The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action charging ...
CFTC Orders Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to Pay a $300,000 Civil Monetary Penalty
August 7th, 2015
CFTC Orders Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC to Pay a $300,000 Civil Monetary Penalty for Violations of Customer Protection Rule for Cleared Swaps and Related Supervision Failures Order Finds that the Firm Failed to Maintain Sufficient U.S. Dollars in ...
