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CFTC amendments to rules concerning chief compliance officer ("CCO") duties and certain annual report requirements were published in the Federal Register.

In April, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its final business conduct rules for security-based swap dealers. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted parallel rules for swap dealers in 2012.

On October 28, 2016, IOSCO published a report on the implementation of global securities reforms.

The SEC adopted technical corrections to a final rule on business conduct standards for security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants.

U.S. SEC Chair Mary Jo White set out a number of initiatives being undertaken by the SEC to address five broad areas of concern.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance designated a Taiwan stock exchange as a "designated offshore securities market"

Jones Day's new Of Counsel Nathan Brownback and Partner Josh Sterling discuss recent developments in the U.S. legal landscape for fintech ..

The Spending Bill amends Section 716 so that a bank can continue to be a counterparty to all types of swaps except for certain "structured finance swaps."

In the October 22, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's AMS issued a final rule amending the regulatory language to designate which bona fide cotton spot markets.

As a reminder, pursuant to an Interpretive Notice recently released by the National Futures Association ("NFA"), all commodity pool operators ("CPOs") ...

Cadwalader attorneys reviewed a proposal by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that would increase capital costs associated with certain types of physical commodity activities...

The Bank for International Settlements ("BIS") published its 2016 Triennial Central Bank Survey of activity in the foreign exchange ("FX") and over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives markets.

As competition among ETF providers increases, BlackRock renewed efforts to secure SEC approval for a product that is run by a portfolio manager and doesn't have to disclose its holdings daily...

BlackRock has launched the iShares Diversified Commodity Swap UCITS ETF, providing exposure to a variety of commodity markets.

A chief compliance officer of an investment firm settled CFTC charges for fraudulently soliciting investments in commodity pools

On September 28, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (the "Commission") Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter...

As a reminder, fund managers relying on the exemption from registration with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") set forth in Rule 4.13(a)(3), commonly referred to as the "de minimis exemption," must affirm their claim of exemption by this Friday, March 1, 2019.