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On September 9, the Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee of the Market Risk Advisory Committee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released a comprehensive report addressing potential risks to the financial system arising from, or related to, climate change. The report is the first of its kind from a US financial regulator. Its findings and recommendations are wide-ranging, frequently extending beyond the CFTC’s remit.
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On December 2, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) announced that it will hold a public meeting at the CFTC headquarters in Washington, DC on December 11 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern. At the meeting, MRAC will receive status reports from its Climate-Related Market Risk, Central Counterparty Risk and Governance, Market …

On September 9, the Market Risk Advisory Committee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved some “plain” English disclosures concerning the risks of executing new derivative transactions involving interbank offered rates (IBORs) that will be replaced by new benchmark rates in the relatively near future. The disclosures, which are not mandatory, are intended as “helpful examples” of the information that market participants should share, as appropriate, with all clients and counterparties with whom they continue to transact derivatives referencing London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other IBORs. They are drafted for use on a transaction-by-transaction basis, but alternatively can be delivered as part of general risk disclosures. The disclosures will be submitted to the CFTC for consideration.
Continue Reading CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee Approves Plain English IBOR Risk Disclosures

On March 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission published in the Federal Register a request for nominees for the membership positions on the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC). MRAC is a discretionary advisory committee that conducts public meetings and submits reports and recommendations to the CFTC on matters including systemic risk and changes in the…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (Committee) is scheduled to hold a public meeting on April 26 at 10:00 a.m. The Committee will discuss: (1) how effectively end-users and other market participants in different asset classes are able to find counterparties for transactions, receive accurate pricing and volume information, and otherwise access the markets; and (2) the extent and nature of the current use of portfolio compression and related services, and the benefits and challenges posed by portfolio compression activity in the derivatives markets.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Risk Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on November 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Committee will discuss a subcommittee’s recommendations on the effectiveness of central counterparties’ default plans in addressing market conditions resulting from the default of a significant clearing member.
Continue Reading CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee To Meet on November 2

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) will hold a public meeting at the CFTC’s headquarters in Washington, DC on June 2. MRAC will consider issues including the appropriate industry response to cybersecurity threats and the concentration of futures commission merchants and its effect on market liquidity. Members of the public may…