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  • Richard G. Ketchum Chairman And Chief Executive Officer - Remarks To Bond Dealers Association Annual Conference

    Date 11/10/2012

    Introduction

    Good afternoon and thank you for that introduction.

    I'm pleased to be talking to you today, particularly because the fixed income market is at the center of the changes in the overall markets. While the housing market triggered the credit crisis four years ago, the crisis was first observed in the securitized products segment of the fixed income market. We've continued to see changes since then, starting with the dramatic loss of liquidity and visibility to quality quote information. We're also seeing a rush by many retail investors—including baby boomers approaching retirement—away from equities and into fixed income as they search for yield.

  • CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight Issues Interpretative Guidance To Equity REITs And Certain Securitization Funds

    Date 11/10/2012

    • The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight today issued interpretative guidance letters to equity real estate investment trusts and asset-backed securities funds. The guidance states that equity real estate investment trusts and securitization funds that meet certain criteria are not included within the definition of “commodity pool” and their operators are not “commodity pool operators” under the Commodity Exchange Act and the CFTC’s regulations.

  • CFTC Staff Preserves Regulatory Status Quo For Petitioning RTOs & ISOs, And For Government And Cooperatively-Owned Electric Utilities

    Date 11/10/2012

    • The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, and Division of Clearing and Risk today issued no-action letters to Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, and certain government and cooperatively-owned electric utilities. 

  • Speech By Adair Turner, Chairman, FSA City Banquet At The Mansion House, London

    Date 11/10/2012

    This is my fourth speech at this annual dinner and will be the last speech here by any FSA Chairman. Sometime in spring next year the new regulatory regime will be in place.

  • Athanassios Diplas Named Senior Advisor To ISDA Board Of Directors

    Date 11/10/2012

    The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announced today that Athanassios Diplas has been named a Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. In this role, Mr Diplas will work and consult with the ISDA Board and with Robert Pickel, ISDA’s Chief Executive Officer, and other senior ISDA executives on key global public policy issues affecting the OTC derivatives markets