Commodity

In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Bart Chilton Wednesday proposed that the agency be allowed to impose a targeted fee on transactions in the derivatives markets.

The torrent of natural gas production coming out of North America’s shale plays reminds Jim Duncan, chief analyst and commodity market strategist at ConocoPhillips Gas & Power, of the opening lines of “A Tale of Two Cities,” Charles Dickens’ epic novel of the French Revolution.

The torrent of natural gas production coming out of North America’s shale plays reminds Jim Duncan, chief analyst and commodity market strategist at ConocoPhillips Gas & Power, of the opening lines of “A Tale of Two Cities,” Charles Dickens’ epic novel of the French Revolution.

President Obama’s request for a spending increase for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in fiscal year (FY) 2014 is warranted because of the expanded role of the agency in regulating the futures and swaps markets, Chairman Gary Gensler told a House panel Friday. But Commissioner Scott O’Malia argued the agency failed to make a case for a budget hike.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) Friday issued no-action relief for end-users from certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Dodd-Frank law. The requirements were to go into effect on Wednesday.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) Friday issued no-action relief for end-users from certain reporting and record keeping requirements under the Dodd-Frank law. The requirements were to go into effect on Wednesday.

To ensure compliance with Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations, the American Gas Association (AGA) has asked the agency to clarify the extent to which non-financial contracts for the physical delivery of natural gas are within the scope of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act’s regulation of “swaps.”

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a small agency with the herculean task of regulating the derivatives and futures markets, could face severe budget cuts that would prevent it from implementing many of the reforms proposed under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) last Wednesday.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a small agency with the herculean task of regulating the derivatives and futures markets, could face severe budget cuts that would prevent it from implementing many of the reforms proposed under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Wednesday.