In his third year of law school, Park received the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Public Service Fellowship for his outstanding government service, and served as a legal intern in the Division
of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight at the CFTC.
Not exact matches
That is because the CFTC rules, created as part
of the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform law, allow banks to calculate capital needs using their own proprietary models but force non-bank
swaps dealers to use standardized models.
Of the 84 registered
swap dealers, less than a quarter are non-bank entities.
May 23, 2012: Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission, «Further Definition
of «
Swap Dealer,» «Security - Based
Swap Dealer,» «Major
Swap Participant,» «Major Security - Based
Swap Participant» and «Eligible Contract Participant»»
[32] Statement
of Commissioner Scott O'Malia, CFTC Final Rule, «
Swap Dealer and Major
Swap Participant Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Duties Rules; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts
of Interest Rules; and Chief Compliance Officer Rules for
Swap Dealers, Major
Swap Participants, and Futures Commission Merchants,» Federal Register, Vol.
[18] «Commodity Futures Trading Commission:
Swap Dealer and Major
Swap Participant Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Duties Rules; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts
of Interest Rules; and Chief Compliance Officer Rules for
Swap Dealers, Major
Swap Participants, and Futures Commission Merchants,» Federal Register, Vol.
For example, if Bitcoin is not a currency, then Bitcoin forwards and Bitcoin
swaps that involve the exchange
of Bitcoin for another currency will not fall under the statutory definitions
of the more lightly regulated foreign exchange forwards or foreign exchange
swaps.10 Likewise, retail trading
of Bitcoin derivatives will be limited to designated contract markets, rather than subject to the retail foreign exchange
dealer regulations.11 Treating Bitcoin as a commodity that is not a currency dovetails with the stances taken by other U.S. regulators such as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)(virtual currency does not have all
of the attributes
of real currency) 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Bitcoin investments are investment contracts because Bitcoin is a form
of money) 13 and the Internal Revenue Service (treating Bitcoin as property for tax purposes).14
There's been an abundance
of commentary on the net long position
of the «
Swap Dealers» in Comex silver futures per the COT report.
As
of the latest COT report, the
Swap Dealers are net long almost 22k silver contracts.
As the global financial system struggles to work its way out
of the crisis and regulators in the US and Europe begin the painstaking process
of derivatives reform, prime brokers,
dealers and other derivatives providers find themselves staring across a dramatically altered market for options, futures,
swaps and structured and more - exotic products.
Gary Gensler, chairman
of the US Commodity Futures Trading Comission, said: «Bright lights
of transparency will shine,
dealers will come under comprehensive regulation, and standardized
swaps between financial entities shortly will be centrally cleared.
According to the SEC's order, Morgan Stanley had its affiliate, Morgan Stanley Equity Financing, serve as a customer
of its U.S. broker -
dealer, a relationship that allowed the affiliate to use margin loans from the U.S. broker -
dealer to finance the costs
of hedging
swap trades with customers.
The margin loans lowered the borrowing costs incurred to hedge these
swap trades and reduced the U.S. broker -
dealer's customer reserve account deposit requirements by tens to hundreds
of millions
of dollars per day.
In order to have a unique product not available at other
dealers, Yenko special - ordered a handful
of Camaros from 1967 - 1968 with heavy - duty suspension, and
swapped in the L - 72 427 cubic - inch V - 8 at his dealership.
However, as those customers «on the list» with their Porsche
dealer tend to
swap out
of their outgoing RSs just ahead
of the new model's arrival, this is largely academic.
Dealer Don Flow had tried to come up with a way to let customers
swap vehicles frequently; the advent
of vehicle subscription services now makes it possible — and profitable for him.
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of payments Balance
of trade Balance sheet BAN Bankers» acceptances Basis Basis book Basis points Bearer Bear market Bear Spreads Best - efforts underwriting Beta Bid price Blanket fidelity bond Block trade Blue Chip Stocks Blue List Blue List Total Blue Skying Blue Sky Laws Board Broker Bond Bond Anticipation Note Bond Buyer Bond Index Bond
Swap Book entry Book value BP option Branch office Breadth
of the Market Breakeven Point Breakpoint Breakpoint sale Broker Broker /
Dealer Broker's broker Bull market Bull spread Bunching Business cycle Buyer's option Buying power Buy stop
2See Performance
of Certain Functions by the National Futures Association Related to Notices
of Swap Valuation Disputes Filed by
Swap Dealers and Major
Swap Participants, 81 Fed.
Subtitle E: Additional Market Assurance -(Sec. 351) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to: (1) require energy derivatives to be traded on a CFTC - regulated exchange unless CFTC issues an exemption; (2) require CFTC to fix limits, with respect to energy transactions, on the aggregate number
of positions which may be held by any person for each month across all markets subject to the CFTC's jurisdiction; (3) require CFTC to convene a Position Limit Energy Advisory Group to give CFTC recommendations on such position limits; (4) give CFTC exclusive authority to grant exemptions for bona fide hedging transactions and positions from position limits imposed on energy transactions; (5) revise provisions concerning bona fide hedging transactions; and (6) require CFTC to issue a rule defining and classifying index traders and
swap dealers for the purposes
of data reporting requirements and setting routine detailed reporting requirements for any position
of such entities in contracts traded on designated contract markets, over-the-counter markets, derivatives transaction execution facilities, foreign boards
of trade, and electronic trading facilities with respect to significant price discovery contracts.