Tag: designated_contract_markets

• CFTC Issues Interpretation on Impartial Access Requirements for Contract Markets

  5 Nov 2026 5:02 p.m.

  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an interpretation of rules requiring designated contract markets to provide competitive, open, fair and impartial access to members and trading privilege holders.

  BusinessPolitics and GovernmentFinancial MarketsFederal GovernmentLegalEconomy Commodity Futures Trading Commissiondesignated contract marketsImpartial Access RequirementsCommission Regulation 38.151(b)DCM Impartial Access Interpretive Guidancefinancial regulation

• CFTC Chairman Selig Clears Path for Equity Perpetual Futures Trading

  3 Nov 2026 9:08 a.m.

  CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig announced perpetual futures on individual equity securities can begin trading for the first time on designated contract markets dually registered with the SEC.

  BusinessPolitics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementFinancial MarketsFederal GovernmentLegalEconomy CFTCMichael S. Seligequity perpetual futuresSecurities and Exchange Commissiondesignated contract marketssecurity futures products

• CFTC Grants No-Action Relief for DCMs Converting Perpetual-Style Security Index Futures

  5 Oct 2026 4:08 p.m.

  The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued no-action relief letting designated contract markets convert existing perpetual-style broad-based security index futures into true perpetual futures.

  BusinessPolitics and GovernmentUSAFinancial MarketsFederal GovernmentLegalEconomy CFTCDivision of Market Oversightno-action reliefdesignated contract marketsperpetual futuressecurity index futuresCFTC Staff Letter No. 26-29

• CFTC Issues Advisory on Incentive Program Self-Certification

  12 Aug 2026 4:59 p.m.

  The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued an advisory reminding designated contract markets of their regulatory obligations. This guidance focuses on self-certification for incentive programs, including those for prediction markets, under CFTC Regulations 40.5 and 40.6.

  Politics and GovernmentBusinessFederal GovernmentEconomyFinancial MarketsLegal CFTCDivision of Market OversightDesignated Contract MarketsIncentive ProgramsPrediction MarketsRegulatory ObligationsSelf-Certification

• CFTC Issues Advisory on Event Contract Self-Certification Procedures

  24 Jul 2026 3:36 p.m.

  The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight has issued an advisory reminding designated contract markets of proper procedures for self-certifying event contract series. Detailed in Staff Letter No. 26-22, this guidance aims to ensure regulatory compliance and oversight.

  Politics and GovernmentBusinessFederal GovernmentFinancial MarketsLegalEconomy Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCFTCDivision of Market OversightEvent ContractsSelf-CertificationDesignated Contract MarketsFinancial Regulation

• CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for Digital Commodity Perpetual Futures

  12 Jun 2026 5:58 p.m.

  The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight has granted no-action relief, enabling designated contract markets to convert existing perpetual-style digital commodity futures into true digital commodity perpetual futures, fostering evolution in digital asset derivatives.

  Politics and GovernmentBusinessFederal GovernmentFinancial MarketsEconomyLegal CFTCDivision of Market OversightNo-Action LetterDigital Commodity FuturesPerpetual FuturesDesignated Contract MarketsFinancial Regulation

← Back to latest