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...He refused to say if he would continue on as a commissioner after Mr Trump takes office, only indicating he would make a decision about his future in “near future.”...
...In an unusual move, commissioner Christopher Giancarlo of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday withdrew a report that criticised as needless and unworkable the agency’s controversial proposal...
...In 2012 Chris Giancarlo, then chairman of the Wholesale Markets Brokers’ Association, an off-exchange derivatives group, and now a Republican commissioner of the CFTC, described what he called “the anti-competitive...
...The longest-serving commissioner at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who likens high-frequency traders to the big cats, is stepping down after six years....
...Jill Sommers, a Republican CFTC commissioner, said: “I am pushing to extend the relief that we have previously issued for at least another six months.”...
...“Based upon information I’ve seen, it makes a lot of sense to be reviewing warehouses,” said Bart Chilton, a CFTC commissioner. “There are certainly many potential conflicts involved in warehousing....
...If approved by commissioners, their work may result in a proposed rule or a “concept release”, people familiar with the effort said....
...Joseph Martens, state commissioner of environmental conservation, said he would not issue an environmental impact study until the health review was complete....
...Privately, people close to other commissioners say they sometimes feel in the dark about draft rules until Mr Gensler’s staff has circulated them almost fully formed....
...Chairman Gary Gensler and commissioner Bart Chilton, both Democrats, back position limits. Jill Sommers, a Republican, has made plain her distaste for them....
...Bart Chilton, a commissioner at the CFTC, now wants to revive the measure, which he has rechristened the “MF rule”....
...The evaluation of events by Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the US, prompted the White House to advise Americans in Japan to stay 50 miles away from the damaged nuclear facility...
...Two of the commissioners voting in favour of the plans signalled they might not back final approval after a two-month public comment period....
...Jill Sommers, a Republican commissioner, said: “In the absence of any data the limits that we set will be completely unenforceable.”...
...At a meeting in Washington where some new rules were put forward by CFTC staff, commissioners pressed for the key definitions to take priority....
...Bart Chilton, commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said “members of the public” and “publicly available documents” convinced him the silver markets are tainted by violations of federal...
...Jill Sommers (pictured left) one of five CFTC commissioners, points out that the agency has until July next year to issue rules for data reporting, but must set limits in energy and metals by January 2011...
...Bart Chilton, commissioner with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, called for broader powers to police manipulation, citing a heavy burden of proof for the agency not shared by other regulators...
...Gregory Mocek, a partner at the law firm McDermott Will & Emery, said: “I realise that this is a ‘Main Street’ issue now, but Congress needs to be careful not to over-react.”...
...The commissioners, who have mounted a tenacious campaign for reform, compared the criticisms to arguments made against Department of Defense reforms in the 1940s and 1980s....
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