The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission held a second and final day of meetings on harmonization of regulation on Sept. 3. Here is a link to panelists’ testimony from the CFTC:
http://cftc.gov/newsroom/cftcevents/2009/oeaevent090309.html
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