Search Results for: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFTC Orders Nathan Schleifer and Galileo Trading to Pay Restitution and Penalties Totaling More than $1.6 Million
April 13th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today settled charges against Nathan Schleifer of New York City, and his company, Galileo Trading, LLC (Galileo), for fraudulently soliciting customers to trade commodity futures and for repeatedly making numerous false statements and material misrepresentations to ...
ISDA Publishes Principles for US/EU Trading Platform Recognition
February 26th, 2016
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published a set of principles for achieving comparability determinations between US and European Union (EU) trading platforms. The paper analyzes the regulatory frameworks in the US and EU, with the aim ...
European Commission and the United States Commodity Futures Commission: Common approach for transatlantic CCPs
February 11th, 2016
Commissioner Jonathan Hill and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad have today announced a common approach regarding requirements for central clearing counterparties (CCPs). The US and EU are home to the largest derivatives markets in ...
CFTC fines individual and Forex Trading Advisors Firms
December 8th, 2015
CFTC Finds that Respondents Made False Statements to the CFTC, Committed Foreign Currency Solicitation Fraud, and Failed to Register with the CFTC The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Garen ...
CFTC Unanimously Approves Proposed Rule on Automated Trading
November 25th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) unanimously approved proposed rules that mark a comprehensive regulatory response to the evolution of automated trading on U.S. designated contract markets (DCMs). The proposed rules, known collectively as Regulation Automated Trading or Regulation ...
CFTC charges IB Capital FX and agents for Forex Trading case
November 17th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement Complaint charging Defendants IB Capital FX, LLC (a/k/a IB Capital FX LLP) d/b/a IB Capital (IB Capital), Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi, individually and as the agents of IB Capital, with soliciting and accepting ...
CFTC charges individial for fraud involving a Futures Trading System and Advisory Service
October 22nd, 2015
Gramalegui also Charged with Violating a CFTC Administrative Order Entered in 2001, Settling Prior Fraud Charges Brought against Him The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District ...
CFTC extends conditional relief for Australian-based trading platform Yieldbroker
October 16th, 2015
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced it has issued a no-action letter extending conditional time-limited relief for Australian-based trading platform Yieldbroker Pty Limited (Yieldbroker). This no-action letter will allow Yieldbroker additional ...
SEC charged Trading Company With failing to maintain Policies to prevent misuse of Material Nonpublic Information
October 13th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Wolverine Trading LLC and Wolverine Asset Management LLC with failing to maintain and enforce policies and procedures to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic information. The Chicago-based affiliates will pay more than ...
Federal Court Orders Futures International LLC and its Chief Operating Officer, to Pay $500,000 Penalty
September 28th, 2015
Federal Court in Illinois Orders Futures International LLC and its Chief Operating Officer, Amedeo Cerrone, to Pay $500,000 Penalty for Recordkeeping Violations, False Statements, Unauthorized Trading, and Supervision Failures The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that ...
