Swap Data Repositories: Registration Standards, Duties and Core Principles

Resumo

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") is adopting its regulations to implement section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA" or "Act"), which establishes registration requirements, statutory duties, core principles and certain compliance obligations for registered swap data repositories ("SDRs"). Section 21 of the CEA was added by section 728 of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act").