Limits

Fed said to release plan to limit banks’ commodities activities

Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg

January 14, 2014

The Federal Reserve is poised to take a preliminary step toward limiting banks’ activities with commodities.

Derivatives traders targeted in Iceland currency experiment

Omar R. Valdimarsson

May 27, 2013

Iceland is tempering lifting capital controls as the new government says it will keep some restrictions on currency speculation.

U.K. regulator hits back at bonus cap as EU readies expansion

Ben Moshinsky

May 20, 2013

The top U.K. markets regulator criticized a European Union cap on banker bonuses as the bloc’s banking watchdog prepares to expand the limits.

CFTC should appeal ruling on speculation limits: Chilton

Silla Brush, Bloomberg

October 1, 2012

A CFTC commissioner says the agency should appeal a federal judge’s decision blocking Dodd-Frank Act limits on speculation in oil, natural gas and other commodities.

Corn daily limits expanded

Press Release

August 17, 2011

CFTC approvaes expansion of CBOT's daily corn limits

Position limits could limit access to commodity indexes

Daniel P. Collins

July 12, 2011

Assets benchmarked to the Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index grew by 24% in the 1Q

ISDA, SIFMA sue CFTC over position limits

Press Release

December 4, 2011

Two trade associations have sued the CFTC over rules that limit the positions that traders can have in certain commodities.

FIA opposes CFTC energy limits

Press Release

March 17, 2010

The Futures Industry Association filed a comment letter today citing its opposition to the CFTC's proposed position limits for the energy complex.