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By Derek Wallbank and Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg |
June 11, 2013
The U.S. Senate passed a $955 billion rewrite of agriculture law by an even larger margin than last year, sending it to the House of Representatives, where disagreements over food stamps and farm subsidies may complicate passage.
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By Cheyenne Hopkins and Silla Brush |
March 6, 2013
Lawmakers introduced legislation that would allow more swaps trading to be conducted at banks that have federal insurance.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
February 21, 2013
From South Dakota to Ohio, farmers are preparing to plant the most corn in almost eight decades after drought ruined record U.S. harvests predicted by the government.
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By Jeff Wilson |
February 20, 2013
From South Dakota to Ohio, farmers are preparing to plant the most corn in almost eight decades after drought ruined record U.S. harvests.
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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
January 4, 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. won a delay of Dodd-Frank Act requirements that they wall off some derivatives trades from bank units backed by federal deposit insurance.
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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 Alanna Byrne |
November 16, 2012
On the heels of a Congressional report assigning blame for the firm's collapse, we offer our take on the most important executives, officials and regulators involved in the case
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By Silla Brush |
October 13, 2012
CME Group Inc., energy traders and Wall Street banks won delays and exemptions from the CFTC as regulations intended to improve oversight of the swaps market took effect.
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By Press Release |
October 12, 2012
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, which overseas the CFTC, released a statement on the implementation of the CFTC’s new “Swaps Definitions” rules.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
August 10, 2012
An interesting discourse went on at last week’s Senate Agriculture Committee hearings on recent failures to protect customer funds in the futures industry between the two MF Global trustees
