On April 30, 2024 the CFTC finalized amendments to its rules governing reporting requirements for large trader futures and options positions, the latest in a series of changes made.
On 4 December 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP23/27) on reforming the UK commodity derivatives regulatory framework (Framework). CP23/27.
<p><span>I strongly support issuing the proposal on Large Trader Reporting Requirements. Large trader reports “effectuate the Commission s market and financial surveillance programs by providing information concerning the size and composition” of Commission regulated markets and the accounts that hold the largest positional exposures.</span><a id=" ftnref1" name=" ftnref1"></a><a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/johnsonstatement060723b?utm source=govdelivery# ftn1"><span>[1]</span></a><span> The Commission’s large trader reporting system has been foundational to protecting market integrity and the price discovery and hedging utility of futures contracts for commercial end-users. Despite technology-based formatting limitations, the large trader reporting system has admirably suppor