Dodd-Frank Energy
Chairman Sheds Light on CFTC Rulemakings in Remarks to Chamber of Commerce
Banking, Derivatives, Energy, Insurance In remarks before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler discussed several aspects of the Commission’s implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act. According to the Chairman, the Commission is following two guiding principles with respect to its rule-writing process. The first principle, which should come as no surprise, is adherence to the text [...] Read more →
SEC Rulemaking Schedule Addresses Derivatives Trading
Banking, Derivatives, Energy, Insurance, Uncategorized The SEC’s recently released rulemaking schedule for implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act includes a schedule for implementing the derivatives trading provisions of the Act.... Read more →
CFTC Speaks on Grandfather Petitions
Banking, Derivatives, Energy, Insurance, Uncategorized Late today, the CFTC made its first public announcements regarding how it would handle petitions for the grandfather relief made available by section 723(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act.... Read more →
CFTC to Publish All Outside Meetings Regarding Implementation of Dodd-Frank
Banking, Derivatives, Energy, Insurance In an effort to keep implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act transparent, the CFTC has begun publishing a list of all meetings with outside organizations regarding implementation of... Read more →
SEC, CFTC To Host Joint September Roundtables On Swap and Security-Based Swap Matters
Banking, Energy, Insurance, Public Companies and Securities Staff from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold two joint public roundtables in September on issues relating to... Read more →
CFTC Seeks Across-the-Board Public Input on Rules
Banking, Derivatives, Energy, Insurance As the CFTC gears up to implement the Dodd-Frank Act through the more than 60 rulemakings required of it over the next eleven months, it has taken the unusual step of publishing a... Read more →
CFTC and SEC Roundtable Contentious
Banking, Energy, Insurance, Public Companies and Securities As we noted, the SEC and CFTC held a joint roundtable on August 20, 2010 addressing governance and conflicts of interest on clearing and listing of swap transactions. Gary... Read more →
SEC and CFTC to Hold Roundtable on Governance and Conflicts of Interest in Clearing and Listing of Swaps
Banking, Energy, Insurance, Public Companies and Securities On August 20, 2010, commencing at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 12:00 p.m., staff of the SEC and CFTC (the “Agencies”) will hold a public roundtable discussion at which... Read more →
Swap Rulemakings—CFTC & SEC Hit the Starting Blocks
Banking, Derivatives, Energy, Insurance As the CFTC’s first move in its monumental task of implementing the swap trading provisions of Dodd-Frank, the agency yesterday announced a joint Advanced Notice of Proposed... Read more →
SEC Issues Concept Release on Swap Definitions and Announces Roundtable on Clearing and Listing of Swaps
Banking, Energy, Insurance, Public Companies and Securities Section 712(d) and 721(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the SEC and CFTC to define certain terms such as “swap”, “security-based swap”, “swap dealer”,... Read more →