CFTC Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen and European Commissioner Michel Barnier announce continued progress regarding European Trading Platforms under July 2013’s Path Forward Statement.
Today Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen and European Commissioner Michel Barnier announced that staff of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and staff of the European Commission (EC) have made significant progress towards harmonizing a regulatory framework for CFTC-regulated swap execution facilities (SEFs) and EU-regulated multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), as contemplated under the Path Forward statement issued in July 2013.
More information via press release: http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6857-14
