BN Business News
Add your company to Business Communicator →

Regulacje rynkowe · 31.08.1999

Trade Options on the Enumerated Agricultural Commodities

In April 1998, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) removed the prohibition on off-exchange trade options on the enumerated agricultural commodities subject to a number of regulatory requirements. The Commission has reconsidered several of these requirements with a view toward streamlining regulatory or paperwork burdens in order to increase agricultural trade option's commercial utility while maintaining basic customer protections. In particular, the Commission is proposing to streamline the registration requirements for Agricultural Trade Option Merchants (ATOMs) and their sales agents by, among other things, removing the training requirement for associated persons and limiting the number of principals that must certify that they are not subject to statutory disqualification from registration. In addition, the Commission is proposing to permit cash settlement and offset or cancellation of agricultural trade options, by removing the requirement that such options, if exercised, must result in physical delivery. The Commission is also proposing to eliminate the currently required transaction-specific disclosure statement and to revise the summary disclosure

Source: Federal Register — CFTCOpen original release →