CFTC Cancels and Replaces Proposed Regulation AT

By Jeffry M. Henderson & Douglas E. Arend on July 6, 2020

Posted in CFTC, Commodities, Financial Regulation, GT Alert, Investment Regulation, Risk

On June 25, 2020, the five commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), by a vote of three-to-two, withdrew proposed Regulation Automated Trading (Reg. AT), and by a vote of four-to-one, proposed a set of three new rules (Risk Principles) addressing electronic trading. In this process, CFTC moved substantially away from the earlier proposal,…

Derivatives Update: What You Should Know As We Enter 2017

By Douglas E. Arend & Nanette Aguirre on November 23, 2016

Posted in EU's Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, Financial Regulation, Securities, Tax

This year has been full of surprises in the global markets with Brexit, the Republicans’ win of the executive branch and continuing control of the legislative branch in the U.S. and the impact of the privatization of energy markets in Mexico. In this GT Alert, we are simply going to address two critical proposals…