January 22, 2015

CFTC Issues Order of Registration for Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad

Washington, DC — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) announced today that is has issued an Order of Registration to Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD), a Foreign Board of Trade located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Under the Order, BMD is permitted to provide its identified members or other participants located in the U.S. with direct access to its electronic order entry and trade matching system to trade agricultural commodity, interest rate and security index futures and option contracts.

The Commission issued the Order in accordance with Part 48 of the Commission’s regulations, which provides that such an Order may be issued to a foreign board of trade that possesses, among other things, the attributes of an established, organized exchange and that is subject to continued oversight by a regulator that provides comprehensive supervision and regulation that is comparable to the supervision and regulation exercised by the Commission.

BMD submitted an application for registration that included, among other things, representations that its regulatory regime under its regulatory authority, the Malaysian Securities Commission, satisfies the requirements for registration in Commission regulation 48.7.

Upon review of the application, the Commission has determined that BMD has demonstrated its ability to comply with the requirements of the applicable Commission regulations. Accordingly, the Commission granted BMD an Order of Registration to permit it to provide direct access to its identified members or other participants located in the U.S., subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Order. The terms and conditions applicable to the Order include, among others, that BMD shall comply with Commission regulation 48.8, Conditions of Registration, and any additional conditions that the Commission deems necessary and may impose, after appropriate notice and opportunity to respond. BMD shall also continue to fulfill each of the representations it made in support of the application for registration.

Last Updated: January 23, 2015