FILE - In this June 22, 2009 file photo, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Banking Committee. Gensler criticized Wall Street's stance on proposed new oversight for the shadowy $600 trillion ...
Largest silver ETF shows consistent positive money flow regardless of price HOUSTON – Precious metal exchange traded fund investors are showing a preference for silver over gold lately or at least we are seeing more buying than selling pressure in the silver ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should not create blanket exemptions from new rules designed to make trading of over-the-counter derivatives more transparent, a commissioner on the top U.S. futures regulator said on Tuesday. Michael Dunn said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission should be ...
<div><h1>DERIVATIVES DODGE </h1><p>In the last major piece of its financial reform campaign, the Obama Administration on Aug. 11 sent legislation to Congress that would regulate the arcane, $450 trillion derivatives industry. The White House aims for the SEC and the Commodity Futures ...
<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Exchange-traded funds or ETFs have become a top target in U.S. regulators' efforts to rein in excessive speculation in oil and other commodity markets, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.</p><p>Commodity ETFs, which came into existence in 2003, offer ...
<div id="subtitle">Chinese buying silver legally on government recommendation</div><div><p>HOUSTON – Both gold and silver continued within the confines of their respective consolidations in the two weeks since the last full Got Gold Report. Whether bullish or bearish, the action is not the very ...
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will not release its first expanded trader report by the end of August, as the regulator initially had planned, a CFTC source said on Thursday.</p><p>The source did not give a reason for the delay ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - CME Group Inc <CME.O>, the world's largest derivatives exchange operator, warned against forcing futures and equities markets into the same regulatory mold on Tuesday, ahead of hearings in Washington.</p><p>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange ...
<div id="subtitle">Head of major exchange worries about SEC, CFTC "harmonizing" regulations, oversight</div><div><p>Two agencies with oversight of the financial markets on Wednesday started coordinating their rules to eliminate differences involving similar types of investments, while the head of a major U.S. exchange said ...
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major exchanges differed on how far U.S. securities and futures regulators should align their rules, with the world's largest - the Chicago Mercantile Exchange - arguing against a one-size-fits-all rule.</p><p>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange ...
