The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the regulator for the U.S. derivatives markets, may need to install a revolving door for all the exits and entrances it will be experiencing this month and beyond. CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger, a Republican, recently announced her departure from the CFTC, while Christy Goldsmith Romero, a Democrat, reiterated… Read More >>
CFTC Swears In New Chairman
Tarbert is 14th CFTC Chairman Dr. Heath P. Tarbert, the CFTC’s new chairman, is vowing to “hit the ground running” as his term kicked off July 15, and marks the end of J. Christopher Giancarlo’s service as head of the regulator for the commodities and derivatives trading industry. “At its core, the CFTC is a… Read More >>
New CFTC Chairman Faces Long To-Do List
Heath P. Tarbert, the Acting Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has won Senate confirmation to be the next chairman of the CFTC, and will face regulatory concerns ranging from finishing Dodd-Frank reforms to the emergence of instruments based on crypto-currencies during his term, slated to last until April 2024. Following the… Read More >>
