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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
May 21, 2013
Top executives of the two largest U.S. derivatives exchanges say regulators must take further steps to align Dodd-Frank Act rules with those of foreign counterparts to avoid oversight splits that could harm markets.
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By Cheyenne Hopkins |
April 25, 2013
U.S. House derivatives legislation designed to roll back some Dodd-Frank Act requirements will face resistance from Senate Democrats.
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By Silla Brush |
March 20, 2013
U.S. House lawmakers may advance legislation that would give banks greater ability to trade swaps overseas.
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By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg |
March 18, 2013
As Congress returns this week to confront immediate budget issues that have consumed the debate in Washington, lawmakers are preparing to pivot to topics such as immigration, gun control and energy policy.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
November 30, 2012
Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass) and Mike Capuano (D-Mass) introduced a bill Thursday night that would merge the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg |
August 10, 2012
The grass in Melvin Korte’s 280 acres of pasture in northern Missouri is dead, burnt away in the worst drought in the Corn Belt in more than a half-century. Now he’s doing all he can to keep his herd of 63 cattle alive.
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By Mark Drajem and Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg |
July 26, 2012
This year’s once-in-a-generation drought may leave many crop farmers largely unscathed as they are protected by taxpayer-subsidized insurance, a program Congress is moving to make more generous.
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By Michael McFarlin |
July 25, 2012
Members of the House Agriculture Committee had the opportunity to grill members of the futures industry regulatory regime today in a hearing that focused on recent scandals.
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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
March 29, 2012
A bipartisan group of lawmakers says the CFTC should tighten regulations on which companies will face the highest capital and margin costs under Dodd-Frank.
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By Phil Mattingly and Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
March 26, 2012
The U.S. House voted to exempt manufacturers and commercial swap-users from collateral requirements and ease regulations on inter-company trades.
