On September 7, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the 65th edition of its Market Watch newsletter on market conduct and transaction reporting issues (the Newsletter). The latest issue provides market participants with guidance on (1) FCA information confidentiality requirements; (2) documents subject to legal professional privilege (LPP); and (3) highlighting certain data issues when transaction reporting under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 (MiFIR).
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On June 22, National Futures Association (NFA) issued Notice I-20-26 announcing that the recent amendments made to Part 3 of its Compliance Rules will become effective on August 31, 2020. NFA Compliance Rule 3-14 was amended to allow an NFA disciplinary panel to impose a monetary penalty of up to $500,000 per rule violation at

On May 19, the National Futures Association (NFA) submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed amendments to Part 3 of NFA’s Compliance Rules regarding the compliance procedures that control NFA’s disciplinary process. Specifically, the proposed amendments (1) revise NFA Compliance Rule 3-14 to increase the maximum penalty fine amount from $250,000 to $500,000 per violation; (2) modify the rules related to certain Business Conduct Committee’s practices; and (3) make minor technical amendments.
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On March 17, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted a final rule extending the compliance schedule for uncleared margin requirements to September 1, 2021 for market participants with the smallest uncleared swaps portfolios, i.e., Phase 5.
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On October 18, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice 19-34 (Notice) regarding the annual compliance meeting (ACM) requirement in Rule 3110(a)(7) and corresponding Supplementary Material .04 (SM .04). The rule requires each registered representative and registered principal to participate, at least once per year, in an interview or meeting at which compliance

On December 10, the National Futures Association (NFA) submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for review and approval proposed amendments to various NFA Compliance Rules and four NFA Interpretive Notices to incorporate swaps into these rules and notices.

Specifically, the NFA proposal would amend the following Compliance Rules:
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