CFTC

• Congress Pressures Swaps Regulators to Curb Dodd-Frank

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 7, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee to vote today on measures to ease derivatives requirements.

• SEC Plan Gives Exemptions to Swap Dealers’ Overseas Branches

  By Silla Brush and Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  May 2, 2013

  U.S. regulators face pressure to limit the international reach of swaps rules.

• SEC Weighs Cross-Border Swap Rules

  By Dave Michaels and Silla Brush  |  May 1, 2013

  Regulators face calls to limit the rules’ international reach.

• Gensler Expresses Renewed Doubt Over Libor Integrity

  By Liam Vaughan, Bloomberg  |  April 23, 2013

  Libor and similar benchmarks ‘unsustainable in the long run,' CFTC head says.

• Benchmark Rates Should Reflect Real Data, Iosco Says

  By Jim Brunsden and Lindsay Fortado, Bloomberg  |  April 16, 2013

  Global regulators want rates to be based on ‘observable transactions.’

• Swap Users Get More Time to Report Trades

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  April 10, 2013

  CFTC says companies need more time to test data systems.

• CFTC Said to Probe ICAP, Banks on Swap Prices

  By Matthew Leising, Bloomberg  |  April 8, 2013

  Agency is investigating possible price manipulation of benchmark interest-rate swaps.

• CFTC's Chilton Seeks Enforcement Delay on Swaps Rules

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  April 4, 2013

  End users should get 6 months before sanctions are imposed, commissioner says.

• Bipartisan Bills Aim to Ease Dodd-Frank Swaps Pushout

  By Cheyenne Hopkins and Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  March 7, 2013

  House and Senate measures would allow more swaps trading at federally insured banks.

• Gensler Said to Discuss Second Term as CFTC Chief

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  March 6, 2013

  CFTC chair is also talking with the Obama administration about other economic, financial positions.