CFTC

• Can Commodity ETFs Survive?

  By Staff Writer  |  November 1, 2009

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been waging war against commodity index funds, and visible evidence they are winning that war has...

• Washington Outlook Mixed for Futures

  By Staff Writer  |  November 14, 2005

  CHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Refco's problems aside, this has been a pretty good year for the futures industry. Volumes are up, as are profits and bonuses on Wall Street. Yet despite that success, or perhaps in part because of it, one gets the feeling there is a hint of unease in the glances...

• New CFTC Chair Skeptical about SEC Registration Rule

  By Staff Writer  |  August 2, 2004

  WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--President George W. Bush designated Commissioner Sharon Brown-Hruska as the new acting chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, effective July 24, 2004. The White House also said that the president plans to nominate Ms. Brown-Hruska to a second term as commissioner, to expire in April 2009. Last month,...

• CFTC's Market Oversight Head Retires

  By Staff Writer  |  June 17, 2004

  WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--Michael Gorham, director of the division of market oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, resigned that post effective June 30. Mr. Gorham is leaving to become...

• Rule Modernization from CFTC Re: CPOs, CTAs

  By Staff Writer  |  August 11, 2003

  WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it has modernized a number of rules regarding commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisers. In a statement,...

• Newsome Denies Intention to Extend Jurisdiction to

  By Staff Writer  |  June 13, 2003

  LONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sought to alleviate concerns that the CFTC sought to extend its authority over unregulated swaps, in...

• CFTC Offers Regulatory Relief

  By Staff Writer  |  March 24, 2003

  WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposes to both expand existing exemptions and to add new exemptions from registration requirements for commodity pool operators and...

• New CFTC Commissioner Wants Debate Over Futures Cl

  By Staff Writer  |  September 24, 2002

  WASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--A debate about the common clearing of products at the U.S. futures exchanges has picked up steam of late, and at least one member...