January 22, 2016

CFTC Grants Registration to 18 Swap Execution Facilities

Washington, DC — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued Orders granting registration to 18 swap execution facilities (SEFs). The SEFs issued a Registration Order today previously were operating under temporary registration status. SEFs are trading facilities that operate under CFTC’s regulatory oversight for trading and processing swaps. SEFs were authorized to be created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 to provide greater pre-trade and post-trade transparency to the swaps market.

The SEFs approved for registration are: 360 Trading Networks Inc.; BGC Derivatives Markets, L.P.; Bloomberg SEF LLC; Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; DW SEF LLC; GFI Swaps Exchange LLC; ICAP Global Derivatives Limited; ICAP SEF (US) LLC; ICE Swap Trade, LLC; Javelin SEF, LLC; LatAm SEF, LLC; MarketAxess SEF Corporation; SwapEx, LLC; Thomson Reuters (SEF) LLC; tpSEF Inc.; Tradition SEF, Inc.; trueEX LLC; and TW SEF LLC.

With registration, the SEFs will be required to demonstrate continued compliance with all applicable provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, including Part 37, and any future regulations, amendments, guidance, and interpretations issued by the CFTC.

CFTC staff is continuing with registration reviews for the remaining five SEFs that currently are temporarily registered. Pending their reviews, those facilities continue to operate under temporary registration status.

[To see the Registration Orders, go to Related Links on the right of this page. From the Swap Execution Facilities link, go to Associated Documents for the SEFs listed.]

Last Updated: January 22, 2016