The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission should refrain from sanctioning so-called end-users of swaps for six months while the agency seeks to clarify its Dodd-Frank Act rules, Commissioner Bart Chilton said today.
Commercial and energy companies deserve a more transparent rulemaking process that provides greater certainty, Chilton said in comments prepared for a telephone news conference to propose what he called an End-User Bill of Rights.
“Dodd-Frank needs to be implemented and needs to be implemented quickly, but that does not mean it should be done so harshly,” Chilton said in a statement prepared for the news conference. “End-users and other market participants should have little doubt as to the status of their activities.”
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