The European Supervisory Authorities have launched a second consultation on draft Regulation Technical Standards outlining the framework of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.

On May 27, 2015, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published market practice guidance on the portfolio compressions obligations under EMIR.

The New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") has increased the annual fee for an issuer's shares listed on the NYSE to the greater of $52,500 or $0.001025 per share, from the current fee rate (the greater of $45,000 or $0.001 per share).

The SEC made a correction to Form ATS-N, a form relating to disclosure requirements for alternative trading systems that trade in National Market System stocks ("ATSs").

The SEC is seeking public comment on a proposed national market system (NMS) plan to create a single, comprehensive database enabling regulators to efficiently track all trading activity...

Despite the recent market instability, AQR Capital's Managed Futures Strategy fund attracted an estimated $360 million in net subscriptions in the month through Aug. 28, placing it among the top funds in terms of inflows during the period.

The Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC extended the comment period on a proposal allowing "advanced-approaches" banking organizations.

As a reminder, fund managers relying on the exemption from registration with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") set forth in Rule 4.13(a)(3)...

The award is provided if reporting leads to an enforcement action that results in more than $1 million in monetary sanctions.

On September 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Division issued a final rule requiring that all registered introducing brokers and commodity pool operators...

On November 10, 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a final rule modifying and clarifying previous guidance regarding compliance reports for futures commission merchants...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a final rule that clarified reporting obligations for completed swap transactions...

On March 16, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a final rule that eliminated certain requirements "for trade option counterparties that are neither swap dealers nor major swap participants[.]"

The CFTC awarded two whistleblowers approximately $2 million for information that led to a CFTC investigation

The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight ("DSIO") granted no-action relief to the trustee of several commodity pools from registration as a commodity pool operator ("CPO")...

The CFTC extended the comment period for a proposal to amend certain regulations applicable to the annual reports that a commodity pool operator must distribute for each pool that it operates.

On August 30, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission extended the comment period for proposed amendments to a regulation regarding Annual Reports from commodity pool operators

CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo appointed Matthew B. Kulkin to be Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight.

The CFTC published the 2016 schedule of fees for overseeing the rule enforcement programs of regulated exchanges (designated contract markets or "DCMs") and the National Futures Association.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) seeks comments from the public on a proposed amendment that "would clarify that parties to a block trade may engage in pre-hedging...