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CFTC Commissioner Blasts Agency on Swap Regs

Jill Sommers, a commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has criticized her agency for being “out of step” with other regulators regarding rules being developed for credit default swaps, reports Reuters.

March 09, 2011
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Swap Rules Proposals May Be Revised

Jill Sommers, a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said some of the regulations the agency proposed to govern swap trading may need to be revised because the current proposals are “overly restrictive” and may limit the number of swaps traded, reports Bloomberg.

April 08, 2011
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Derivatives Regs May Make U.S. Less Competitive

“Important substantive differences” between derivatives regulation in the U.S. and other jurisdictions may put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage, reports Financial Times.

May 26, 2011
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U.S. Sees Derivs Rules Disparity With EU

U.S. futures regulators have cited gaps in derivatives rules between the U.S. and Europe.

May 25, 2011
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Can the commodities bubble be deflated?

Pressure is mounting on the CFTC to forget about position limits

May 31, 2011
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CFTC Boss Gary Gensler Wants to Clamp Down on Wall Street

The banker-turned-regulator wants new rules to shine a light on the derivatives business and reduce systemic risk.
By Stephen Taub
June 14, 2010
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