External Meetings: Definitions and End User Phone Call with NRU CFC

The phone call discussed the attached comments and suggested language submitted by NRU CFC, which include (i) a suggested blanket exception from the definition of "swap" that would cover NRU CFC's activities; (ii) two alternative suggestions for the commercial end user exemption from the clearing requirement; and (iii) suggested options to define a de minimis amount of swap dealing that are intended to exclude cooperatives from the definition of swap dealer.
When
Rulemaking(s)
XI. End-User Exception,XXI. Joint Rules w/ SEC,II. Definitions,
CFTC Staff
Mark Fajfar
Visitor(s)
Richard E. Larochelle (NRU CFC)


Ed Barron (Russell & Barron)
Organization(s)
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (NRU CFC)


Russell & Barron