Market regulation · 29/06/2010

CFTC Proposes Exemption for Trading and Clearing of Gold and Silver ETFs

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed exempting the trading and clearing of certain Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) related to physical gold and silver shares from the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and related regulations, allowing them to be traded on national securities exchanges and cleared through the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)