Co-authored by Blake J. Brockway.

The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold a public roundtable on Tuesday, June 5, to discuss the proposed regulations implementing Core Principle 9 for designated contract markets. Core Principle 9 requires designated contract markets to provide competitive, open and efficient markets. The roundtable is set to discuss: (1) centralized market trading requirements; (2) certain aspects of the requirements for exchange of derivatives for related position transactions; and (3) reporting timeframe for block transactions in futures contracts.

The CFTC press release containing further information regarding the roundtable is available here.