CFTC Lays Out Strategic Priorities Through 2024

In its 2020-2024 Strategic Plan the CFTC prioritized efforts to strengthen the derivatives market, promote innovation and maintain a strong enforcement program.

The CFTC's strategic goals include:

1. strengthening the derivatives market by (i) maintaining consistent central counterparty ("CCP") oversight and working with international counterparts to reduce market fragmentation; (ii) monitoring and optimizing requirements for margin and capital; and (iii) advancing policies that deepen liquidity and increase transparency without reducing the risk-mitigating benefits of regulations;
2. strengthening the commitment to "stakeholders in the agricultural community" in order to provide "tools to hedge risk and receive fair prices," through (i) ensuring compliance burdens are proportionate to the risk profiles of agricultural stakeholders' activities; (ii) improving market accessibility for end users; (iii) increasing protections for customer assets and information; and