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CFTC Announcements

CFTC Designates NYSE Liffe, LLC as a Contract MarketOn August 26, 2008 CFTC approved the application of NYSE Liffe, LLC for designation as a contract market on August 21, 2008. NYSE Liffe is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of NYSE Euronext, the holding company created by the combination of NYSE...

NFA Defines Forex Dealer Member

NFA Announcement: Definition of a Forex Dealer Member: Proposed Amendments to NFA Bylaw 306, NFA Financial Requirements Section 11(a), and the Interpretive Notice Regarding Forex...

Forex News

NFA Announces Increase to FDM Capital Requirements On August 27, 2008, NFA announced that the capital requirements for Forex Dealer Members (FDMs) imposed by CFTC Reauthorization were approved by NFA’s Board of Directors. Particularly Section 1, 11, and 12 will be modified pursuant to CFTC...

CFTC Announcements

August 11th – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has formed a special task force charged with investigating and litigating fraud in the off-exchange retail foreign currency (forex) market. The creation of the task force within the Division of Enforcement comes in the wake of Congress’...

CFTC/NFA forum

On August 11, 2008, CFTC announced the formation of a Retail Foreign Currency Fraud Enforcement Task Force. This special task force was established to investigate and litigate fraud in the off-exchange retail foreign currency market.   On August 18, 2008, FX Week published the following lead story on the...

NFA Announcements

NFA Announces Increase to FDM Capital RequirementsOn August 27, 2008, NFA announced that the capital requirements for Forex Dealer Members (FDMs) imposed by CFTC Reauthorization were approved by NFA’s Board of Directors. Particularly Section 1, 11, and 12 will be modified pursuant to CFTC...

Forex News

On August 11, 2008, CFTC announced the formation of a Retail Foreign Currency Fraud Enforcement Task Force. This special task force was established to investigate and litigate fraud in the off-exchange retail foreign currency market.   On August 18, 2008, FX Week published the following lead story on the...

CFTC/NFA forum

August 1, 2008 73 FR 44939 17 CFR Parts 40, 41, and 145 Confidential Information and Commission Records and...