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By Michael McFarlin |
April 17, 2012
Speculators are back in the political crosshairs. President Barack Obama today asked Congress to spend an additional $52 million to bolster the government’s ability to supervise the oil market.
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By Hans Nichols, Bloomberg |
April 17, 2012
President Barack Obama will call on Congress to bolster federal supervision of oil markets, including bigger penalties for market manipulation and greater power for regulators.
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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
April 13, 2012
Democratic senators and representatives have submitted briefs to a federal judge saying Congress intended speculation limits to go into place as written and that Wall Street's challenge to those limits should be dismissed.
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By Nina Mehta, Bloomberg |
March 9, 2012
Creating a registration category for high-frequency trading firms will help U.S. regulators determine whether new rules should be imposed on them as a group, says Chilton.
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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
March 9, 2012
Wall Street banks are using the threat of lawsuits to prevent regulators from writing rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, said CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton.
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By Michael J. McFarlin |
February 23, 2012
The CFTC met to discuss rules related to swaps compliance and swap block trades in the 24th meeting for Dodd-Frank rules
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By News Story |
December 15, 2011
Despite recent reports to the contrary, Chilton says the Commission still does not know where all MF Global money went
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By Press Release |
October 11, 2011
CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler addressed the FIA Expo in Chicago today. Here are his remarks
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By Press Release |
June 8, 2011
Speaking at a trading conference in The Netherlands, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Bart Chilton says that high-frequency traders and trading algorithms give hedgers cause for concern.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
June 1, 2011
After roundtables, Congressional hearings and comment letters, there still is no consensus on spec limits
