All CFTC articles – Page 9
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ArticleScotiabank to pay $127.4M for commodities scheme, compliance failures
The Bank of Nova Scotia will pay $127.4 million in total penalties in resolutions with the Justice Department and the CFTC for its role in a massive price-manipulation scheme in the precious metals futures contracts markets.
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ArticleInteractive Brokers to pay $38M for SAR, AML failures
Interactive Brokers has agreed to pay $38 million in settlements with three regulatory agencies related to anti-money laundering lapses, including repeated failures regarding the filing of suspicious activity reports.
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ArticleCFTC awards $9M to whistleblower
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission awarded $9 million to a whistleblower whose “specific, credible, and timely tip’ led to a successful enforcement action. The payout is one of the five largest awarded by the regulator since 2014.
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ArticleCFTC finalizes new swap dealer rules under Dodd-Frank
In a pair of split votes that fell along party lines, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved rules on swap dealers that complete rulemaking ordered by the Dodd-Frank Act, enacted a decade ago.
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ArticleWhat regulators want to know about KYC technology
So, your company has decided to embark on an update of its legacy Know Your Customer system. Hear from experts on how to begin the process of onboarding that tech to the regulators.
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ArticleSupreme Court won’t hear challenge to CFTC authority
A lawsuit questioning the enforcement authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has petered out after being denied the chance to be heard at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Regs rollback Volcker rule restrictions on bank investments
Despite pushback from some regulators and Democrats in Congress, the newest Volcker rule update will allow banks—in certain circumstances—to invest or sponsor hedge funds and private equity funds.
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ArticleDeutsche to pay $10.3M for swap data reporting, spoofing practices
Deutsche Bank will pay a total of $10.3 million to resolve two separate CFTC settlements: one for alleged violations of various swap data reporting and other regulatory violations and the other for spoofing practices by two of its traders.
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ArticleWhy a principles-based regulatory approach works for CFTC
CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert seeks to let the evolving commodities market breathe with a “principles-based” regulatory approach.
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ArticleCFTC awards more than $6M to whistleblower
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a whistleblower award of more than $6 million to a tipster who voluntarily provided original information that led the CFTC to bring a successful enforcement action.
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ArticleCFTC stresses clarity in revised civil monetary penalty guidance
The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement issued new civil monetary penalty guidance for the first time since publishing its penalty guidelines in 1994. The update is in line with recent efforts by the DOJ to crack down on commodities fraud.
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ArticleCompliance personnel face risks and rewards as SEC whistleblowers
These best practices will guide compliance practitioners turned whistleblower through the process of reporting wrongdoing while protecting themselves from harm.
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ArticleCFTC Commissioner Quintenz won’t seek second term
Brian Quintenz, one of five commissioners at the CFTC, announced he won’t seek renomination to a second five-year term and will depart the agency by the end of October.
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ArticleProposed Volcker rule rollback gets pushback from agency leadership
Five federal agencies agreed that now would be a good time to ease restrictions on bank investments in hedge funds or private equity funds, triggering concern by some that the deregulation could be harmful. But is apprehension over the proposed Volcker rule relaxation overblown?
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ArticleCFTC to adopt NIST Privacy Framework
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will become the first federal agency to adopt the National Institute of Standards and Technology Privacy Framework, the agency has announced.
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ArticleCFTC awards more than $1M to internal compliance whistleblower
The CFTC announced a whistleblower award north of $1 million for a tipster who went through internal compliance at his or her company to get the information to regulators.
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ArticleBGC Financial to pay $3M for supervisory failures
BGC Financial was accused of various supervision, reporting, and recordkeeping violations that went on for more than five years in a $3 million enforcement action from the CFTC.
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ArticleCFTC whistleblower payouts, tips received drop in FY2019
The CFTC made a handful of big payouts to whistleblowers in fiscal year 2019, but denied awards on 129 applications in the same timeframe.
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ArticleTower Research Capital to pay $67.4M in ‘spoofing’ case
Tower Research Capital will pay a combined $67.4 million to the DOJ and CFTC to resolve criminal charges on unlawful trading in the U.S. commodities market.
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Wells Fargo to pay $14M for violating swap dealer business conduct standards
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order filing and settling charges against Wells Fargo for violating multiple swap dealer business conduct standards.