CFTC Chairman Tarbert to step down early next year
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-12-10T18:09:00
Heath Tarbert, chairman and chief executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will step down from his post early next year while remaining on as one of the agency’s commissioners.
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