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Connecting market manipulation’s dots

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2011

FERC recently issued orders in two fully adjudicated cases of alleged market manipulation

Position limits rule would limit swap positions

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 26 2011

Exercising new authority Congress conferred on it in the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), in a January 13 rulemaking proposal the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposes to impose limit on holdings of certain derivatives, including swaps linked to energy commodity prices

Four RTO electricity contracts found to provide significant price discovery

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2010

After designating two bilateral Mid-Columbia (Mid-C) electricity contracts traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) as significant price discovery contracts (SPDC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in July 9th orders, designated four additional ICE electricity contracts used in organized Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) markets as SPDCs

Monthly Mid-C electricity contracts found to provide significant price discovery

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2010

In June 25th Orders, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for the first time designated two monthly electricity contracts traded at the Mid-Columbia (Mid-C) hub on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) - the Mid-C Financial Peak (MDC) and Mid-C Financial Off-Peak (OMC) - as significant price discovery contracts (SPDC) under 2(h)(7) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA