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CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Provides Time-Limited No-Action Relief to Provide for...
Jun 17, 2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of a ...More

CFTC Certifies Futures Contracts on the MSCI World Index, MISCI...
Jun 17, 2013
CFTC Charges North Carolina Resident James A. Shepherd and James...
Jun 17, 2013

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CFTC Libor, Naked and Exposed
Aug 8, 2012

AMERICANS who save for the future, use credit cards or borrow money for tuition, cars and homes deserve assurance that ...More
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CFTC Rule Boosts Oversight of Futures, Swaps Markets
Feb 9, 2012
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CFTC Won't Delay Position Limits
Jan 4, 2012
Dow Jones

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Chairman Gary Gensler's Keynote Address on the Cross-border Application of Swaps Market...
Jun 6, 2013
Chairman Gary Gensler

Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler Before the Financial...
Apr 25, 2013
Chairman Gary Gensler
Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler at London City Week on...
Apr 22, 2013
Chairman Gary Gensler

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CFTC to Hold Open Meeting to Consider Trade Execution Rules; Anti-Disruptive Trading...
May 16, 2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting to consider Final Rules... ...More

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CFTC Meeting Scheduled for November 29, 2012, Has Been Cancelled
Nov 29, 2012
CFTC to Hold Open Meeting to Consider a Final Rule on Core...
May 10, 2012

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CFTC Announces Public Meeting of the Technology Advisory Committee
Apr 30, 2013

The TAC meeting will focus primarily on issues related to swap data reporting. It will also include updates on the ...More

Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory...
Nov 7, 2012
CFTC Announces Public Meeting of the Technology Advisory...
Oct 30, 2012

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Press Releases
- CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Provides Time-Limited No-Action Relief to Provide for...
  Jun 17, 2013
  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of a ...More
- CFTC Certifies Futures Contracts on the MSCI World Index, MISCI...
  Jun 17, 2013
- CFTC Charges North Carolina Resident James A. Shepherd and James...
  Jun 17, 2013
In the News
- CFTC Libor, Naked and Exposed
  Aug 8, 2012
  AMERICANS who save for the future, use credit cards or borrow money for tuition, cars and homes deserve assurance that ...More
- CFTC Rule Boosts Oversight of Futures, Swaps Markets
  Feb 9, 2012
- CFTC Won't Delay Position Limits
  Jan 4, 2012
Speeches and Testimony
- Chairman Gary Gensler's Keynote Address on the Cross-border Application of Swaps Market...
  Jun 6, 2013
  Chairman Gary Gensler's Keynote Address on the Cross-border Application of Swaps Market Reform at Sandler O'Neill ...More
- Statement of Chairman Gary Gensler Before the Financial...
  Apr 25, 2013
- Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler at London City Week on...
  Apr 22, 2013
Commission Meetings
- CFTC to Hold Open Meeting to Consider Trade Execution Rules; Anti-Disruptive Trading...
  May 16, 2013
  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting to consider Final Rules... ...More
- CFTC Meeting Scheduled for November 29, 2012, Has Been Cancelled
  Nov 29, 2012
- CFTC to Hold Open Meeting to Consider a Final Rule on Core...
  May 10, 2012
Advisory Committee Meetings
- CFTC Announces Public Meeting of the Technology Advisory Committee
  Apr 30, 2013
  The TAC meeting will focus primarily on issues related to swap data reporting. It will also include updates on the ...More
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory...
  Nov 7, 2012
- CFTC Announces Public Meeting of the Technology Advisory...
  Oct 30, 2012
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Exemptive, No-Action & Interpretative Letters
CFTC staff issues written guidance concerning the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commission's regulations, principally in the form of responses to requests...

The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) announced the issuance of...
Jun 17, 2013
No-Action: 13-28
The Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight (Division)...
Mar 16, 2010
No-Action: 10-05

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The Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)
The CEA establishes the statutory framework under which the CFTC operates. Under this Act, the CFTC has authority to establish regulations that are published in title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

CFTC Regulation
CFTC Regulations are found at Title 17 Chapter I of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and are available at the U.S. GPO Access website.

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