As the United Kingdom faces the March 29 deadline for Brexit, the CFTC and the Bank of England along with the Prudential Regulation Authority (BoE), and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are providing clarification on the regulatory framework governing derivatives processing and clearing between the U.K. and U.S. if and when the UK completes its… Read More >>
CFTC’s Whistleblower Awards Total More than $45 Million
Whistleblower Program Experiences High-Volume Response The CFTC has handed out more than $45 million in multiple whistleblower awards, reflecting the higher volumes and greater complexity of incoming whistleblower submissions, officials say. In fact, the regulator last month acknowledged “an award of approximately $30 million to one whistleblower and the first award was made by the… Read More >>
DTCC Wants Global Framework for Sharing Swaps Data
Post-trade services and infrastructure provider DTCC would like to see the start of an international discussion about a framework for the global sharing of data about swaps transactions in the wake of federal action to remove a Dodd-Frank Act provision that some saw as an impediment to swaps data sharing globally. In a rare moment… Read More >>
