U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad on Tuesday tendered his resignation to President Obama, effective Jan. 20 — the same day that Donald Trump, who has indicated he will dismantle many of the regulations implemented during Massad’s tenure, is to be inaugurated.
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CFTC Reproposes Position Limits, Adopts Aggregation Regulations
With the Obama-to-Trump transition and the expected change in attitude toward regulations that will come with it less than seven weeks away, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday voted unanimously to repropose regulations implementing limits on speculative futures and swaps positions as called for in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and approved final aggregation regulations, which are a key component of the agency’s position limits regime.
December 5, 2016
Obama Taps DC Lawyer to Succeed CFTC’s Chilton
President Obama has tapped Sharon Y. Bowen, a partner with the Washington, DC, law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP, to succeed Commissioner Bart Chilton at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
December 23, 2013
Obama Nominates Giancarlo to CFTC
J. Christopher Giancarlo, executive vice president of the brokerage firm GFI Group Inc., has been nominated by President Obama to fill an opening on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the White House said.
August 7, 2013
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