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Federal Reserve Board approves energy management services as a complementary activity for financial holding companies

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 17 2007

By action of December 4, the Federal Reserve Board (“Board”) held that a Financial Holding Company (“FHC”) can provide energy management services to owners of power plants under energy management agreements

Study of energy futures traders and price discovery released

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 9 2007

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of the Chief Economist has released a study analyzing the composition of traders across different energy futures contract maturities and their effect on price discovery in those markets

Circuit Court declines stay of Amaranth fine

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2007

On December 13, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected a motion by Amaranth Advisors LLC (Amaranth), a hedge fund currently involved in litigation regarding alleged energy futures market manipulation, to stay the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) $256 million order to show cause against Amaranth

FCM not deemed undersegregated due to non-compliant investments

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 4 2008

The Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an interpretive letter confirming that a futures commission merchant (FCM) was not required to exclude from its calculation of customer segregated funds certain investments of customer funds that did not comply with CFTC Rule 1.25

CFTC now requires CPO and CTC filings to be made electronically

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2007

The CFTC announced that it requires the electronic filing of notices of exemption and exclusion for commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs

CDOs trigger potential litigation

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2007

As collateralized debt obligations continue to get hit by devaluations and defaults, the inevitable wave of lawsuits has begun

CFTC amends regs to require e-filing of CPOCTA exemption notices effective Feb. 15

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 6 2007

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") has adopted amendments to its Part 4 regulations to require that notices of exemption or exclusion required by Regulations be filed electronically

SEC sends reminder about disclosure obligations

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2007

The SEC recently sent a letter to numerous financial entities that have disclosed being “involved” with non-consolidated conduits, structured investment vehicles, and CDOs

SEC approves CBOE’s proposed rule change regarding the Hybrid Opening System

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 11 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a rule change proposed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated pertaining to its Hybrid Opening System (HOSS), as well as related rules concerning the obligations of designated primary market-makers, electronic designated primary market-makers and lead market-makers during opening rotations

CBOE rule to allow DPMs to operate remotely

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 23 2007

On November 13, 2006, the Chicago Board Options Exchange,Incorporated filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission aproposed rule change to allow a Designated Primary Market-Maker (DPM) to operate remotely away from the CBOE trading floor