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"Without sufficient funding ... the nation cannot be assured that this agency can oversee the futures and swaps markets, that customers are protected, and that the public gets the benefit of transparent markets and lower risk," Gary Gensler, the...
“This rule enhances transparency in a number of ways and increases customer protections,” CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler said in a statement. The rule rescinds exemptions, first enacted in 2003, from CFTC registration for mutual funds that use futures and...
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler (C) speaks during a joint hearing before the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee and Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit... View Photo »
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As you work on turning the Dodd-Frank financial reforms into actual rules, what can you say to people wondering if this will make the economy a safer place? The financial reforms that the President and Congress came together on—and we’re now...
Exclusive: MF Global triggers regulatory rethink at CFTC The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered an extensive review of how futures brokerages are regulated, following the collapse of MF Global three months ago, a CFTC official...
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered an extensive review of how futures brokerages are regulated, following the collapse of MF Global three months ago, a CFTC official told Reuters on Wednesday. CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler...
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting... View Photo »
Lawyers assured me there was no legal or ethical reasons, but I thought it could be a distraction in the media and the press
He also faces a fine of as much as $5 million, prosecutors said. Rajaratnam, who was convicted by a jury last year, is serving an 11-year prison term. Gupta’s lawyer, Gary Naftalis, didn’t immediately return a voice-mail message left at his office...
Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), testifies at a House Financial Services joint subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. , on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading...
Gary Gensler is the nominee of President Barack Obama to be the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler (R) speaks as Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro (L) listens during a joint hearing before the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee and...
View Photo »Gary Gensler (C, red tie), Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, attends the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee hearing on Continued Oversight on the Implementation of the Wall Street Reform Act on Capitol Hill in Washington December 6, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Gary Gensler, chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has a drink of water while participating in a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 6, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing...
View Photo »Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler (R) and Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro prepare to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee hearing on Continued Oversight on the Implementation of the Wall Street...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler (L) and Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro (R) testify during a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee December 1, 2011 on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler (L) talks to aides as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Mary Schapiro (R) waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry...
View Photo »Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, arrives to testify before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing on Continuing Oversight of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 1, 2011.
View Photo »Gary Gensler (L), Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, chat before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 1, 2011.
View Photo »Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, speaks at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association annual meeting, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 in New York.
View Photo »Gary Gensler, chairman of the United States' Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) delivers a talk on global derivatives regulation at the London School of Economics, in London, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg testify...
View Photo »Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Enhanced Oversight After the Financial Crisis: The Wall Street Reform Act at One Year on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 21, 2011.
View Photo »U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) testifies alongside Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and Gary Gensler (R), chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Enhanced...
View Photo »U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) talks with Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler (L) as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke sits before a Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting in the Cash Room in the Treasury Department in Washington, July...
View Photo »Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, talks with U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler, left, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, center, goes over papers, at the Treasury Department in Washington, Monday, July 18, 2011, before the start of the...
View Photo »Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee hearing on Continued Oversight on the Implementation of the Wall Street Reform Act on Capitol Hill in Washington December 6, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: Mary Schapiro (L), chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Gary Gensler, chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, confer during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 6,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: (L-R) Daniel Tarullo, member of the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, Mary Schapiro, chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Martin Gruenberg, acting...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: (L-R) Mary Schapiro, chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Martin Gruenberg, acting chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, participate in a...
View Photo »Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler and Acting Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Martin Gruenberg (R) arrive to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee hearing on Continued Oversight on the Implementation...
View Photo »From left, Deputy Treasury Secretary Neil Wolin, Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo, SEC Chair Mary Schapiro, Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler, acting FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg, and acting Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh testify on Capitol...
View Photo »SEC Chair Mary Schapiro and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, prior to testifying before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the implementation of the Wall Street reform act.
View Photo »SEC Chair Mary Schapiro and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler prepare to tetsify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the implementation of the Wall Street reform act.
View Photo »Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the implementation of the Wall Street reform act.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler testifies during a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee December 1, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on 'Continuing...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Chairman Gary Gensler (R) speaks as Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro (L) listens during a joint hearing before the Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee and...
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Lawyers assured me there was no legal or ethical reasons, but I thought it could be a distraction in the media and the press
We need to tighten that up
We’re still deliberating as a commission we should not allow what is called affiliate repurchase agreements or in-house, where you take customer money and lend it to another side of the house ... The system has to work for the farmers and ranchers and energy companies and all of the people who need to l...
Economists for decades have shown that transparency lowers margins, leads to greater liquidity and more competition in the marketplace
It is critical that the CFTC finish a rule that will enhance customer protections regarding where clearinghouses and futures commission merchants can invest customer funds
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