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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission will have authority to decide what derivatives must be centrally cleared rather than letting private parties make the call.

“Central clearing interposes a regulated clearinghouse between the original counterparties in a derivatives transaction and so creates an opportunity to make dealing more transparent.”
CNBC video

The Barack Obama administration made gains in its push for US financial reform, unveiling a landmark bill to tackle systemic risk in the economy and winning congressional committee approval for a measure to expose hedge funds to more government scrutiny.

InTrade should be regulated. InTrade is in total illegality, right now.

CFTC and SEC want authority over foreign exchanges that offer access to U.S. investors.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday recommended legislation that would expand the U.S. futures regulator’s authority over foreign exchanges that offer access to U.S. investors.

The heads of major exchanges offered somewhat diverging views on plans by the CFTC and the SEC to reconcile their rule books.

The heads of major exchanges offered somewhat diverging views on plans by the CFTC and the SEC to reconcile their rule books.
“A big concern shared by both exchange operators is that turf battles have slowed the approval of new products.”

The Obama administration detailed a sweeping plan to more closely oversee the giant market for derivatives.

“The 115-page draft bill would give the bulk of the proposed new powers over derivatives to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission but also keep banking regulators in the mix by granting them authority to oversee banks that deal in derivatives.”

President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2010 budget request would give federal securities and commodities regulators additional resources to investigate fraud and manipulation in the financial markets.

SEC + CFTC = WSJ

Gary Gensler will head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in 2009.

Barack Obama has named Gary Gensler, a former Treasury official under President Bill Clinton, to take over the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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New York Times:
Mr. Obama has vowed to reverse the deregulatory stance of the Bush administration and overhaul the entire system of financial supervision. Though Mr. Obama’s team has not mapped a specific plan, [...]

Barack Obama has chosen Mary Schapiro, chief executive of a non-governmental regulator for securities firms (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.

What a great pick.
Out of the gate, Ms. Schapiro faces potential controversy. In 2001 she appointed Mark Madoff, son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, to the board of the National Adjudicatory Council, the national committee that reviews initial decisions rendered in Finra disciplinary and membership proceedings. Both sons of Mr. Madoff have denied any involvement [...]

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox said he strongly supports merging his agency with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Excellent.
Previously: The CFTC on prediction markets. + Comments made to the CFTC.

What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file):
July 4th 2008
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre
1155 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20581
U.S.A.
Attention: Office of the Secretariat
RE: “Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts”
To Whom it May Concern:
It is an honour for me as Chief Executive Officer of Intrade [...]

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