Commodity Futures Trading Commission

125 results about this entity

Period: 02 Oct 2008 - 06 Dec 2024

DTCC ponders legal action over swaps trade data rules

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is threatening to sue a US regulator over how rival CME Group is being allowed to handle derivatives trading data.

Goldman Sachs fined $1.5m over supervision failures

Goldman Sachs has been fined $1.5 million by US regulators for failing to supervise a trader who bypassed internal systems to conceal an $8.3 billion position from the bank and defraud it of $118 million.

CFTC charges former Goldman trader over $118m loss

A former Goldman Sachs trader has been charged by US regulators with bypassing internal systems to conceal an $8.3 billion position from the bank and defraud it of $118 million.

DTCC and Swift launch CFTC LEI portal

A Web portal for assigning Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) identifiers to firms involved in OTC derivatives trading has gone live.

CFTC employee falls for phishing scam

A Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staffer fell for a phishing scam last month, putting the regulator's employees' personal information at risk.

HFT firm Optiver pays $14m over oil price manipulation

Dutch high-frequency trading firm Optiver will pay $14 million to settle US regulatory charges accusing it of manipulating crude oil prices.

CFTC creates HFT subcommittee

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has voted to set up a subcommittee on high frequency trading in a bid to better understand its effects on the market.

FIA 'shocked and outraged' after Senator leaks oil trading data

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) says its members have been "shocked and outraged" by the leaking of confidential oil trading data by a US senator.

CFTC sets out new market manipulation rules

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is to push ahead with a tranche of new rules governing market manipulation and large trader reporting under the Dodd-Frank financial reform act.

CFTC appoints data standardisation sub-committee members

Representatives from the ISO, Goldman Sachs, Google and Swift are among the members of a new technology advisory sub-committee on data standardisation set up by the CFTC.

Wall Street calls for more delays to Dodd-Frank rules

Financial market trade groups have written to industry regulators asking for more time to review new swap trading rules.

Derivatives legislation moves nearer in Europe; could face delays in US

A European Parliament committee has given its backing to legislation that will see more derivative trades settled through clearing houses. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, US lawmakers have moved to delay the implementation of their own new derivatives rules.