Monthly Archives: March 2017

Giancarlo Suggests Overhaul of CFTC

President Trump’s nominee for the permanent head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), J. Christopher Giancarlo, is a Republican and acting head  of the CFTC.  In a well-received and widely reported speech yesterday to an industry conference, Mr. Giancarlo said he would fix the “flawed” swaps trading rules.  He also pledged to streamline the CFTC… Read more »