The Investment Company Institute and the US Chamber of Commerce filed a legal challenge to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) recent changes to its Rule 4.5, which governs registration of commodity pool operators (CPO). This page has background information about this important case, and ICI will keep this page updated as necessary.
February 12, 2025—ICI President and CEO Eric J. Pan released a statement after President Trump nominated Brian Quintenz to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
On May 23, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Data published updated post-initial appropriate minimum block sizes and post-initial cap sizes as determined under Part 43 of the Commission's regulations. At the same time, the CFTC's Division of Market Oversight...
On February 8, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the "Commission") adopted amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for certain registered investment advisers to private funds including those that also are registered with the Commodity Futures Trading...
October 12, 2023—ICI Deputy General Counsel for Markets, SMAs & CITs Sarah Bessin released the following statement regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposed amendments to its margin requirements for uncleared swaps, which would address the treatment of...
On October 10, ICI filed a comment letter with the CFTC on its proposed amendments to margin requirements for uncleared swaps related to the treatment of seeded funds and eligibility of certain money market funds (MMFs) as eligible collateral. The letter expresses support for...
ICI Deputy General Counsel for Markets, SMAs, & CITs Sarah Bessin released the following statement regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) proposed rule amendments to margin requirements for uncleared swaps.
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on June 13, 2023. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...
The SEC and the CFTC have proposed amendments to the rules for covered clearing agencies (CCAs) and derivatives clearing organization (DCOs), respectively, related to resiliency, recovery, and wind-down plans. On May 17, the SEC proposed amendments that are intended to (1) strengthen...
On March 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unanimously voted to propose Regulation 39.13(j) ("Proposed Rule"), which would permit futures commission merchants (FCMs) that are clearing members of derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) to treat the separate accounts...
