Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, ...

At a public meeting on April 27, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) proposed two new rulemakings pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ...

The U.S. futures regulator unveiled a crucial part of an expanded oversight of the swaps market by defining what products will be covered by financial reform legislation. In one of its most ...

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. swaps regulator approved on Tuesday a key definition that will start the clock ticking on a host of reforms for the murky $650 trillion over-the-counter global ...

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. futures and securities regulators are poised to fill in a crucial missing part in the swaps reform puzzle this week when they define what swaps products will be ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) recently addressed for the first time the CFTC’s definition of a “swap” as it applies to ...

A definition of swap dealer that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is expected to announce on Feb. 23 could hinder oil and gas producers and others using over-the-counter risk management ...

The costly swap dealer label has been avoided by all but the largest financial players – estimated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to be around 125 firms – and the vast majority of ...