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MFA sent SEC Chairman Jay Clayton a letter welcoming him to the Commission as well as commending the leadership of Commissioners Piwowar and Stein for their ongoing work. In the letter, MFA expresses support for efforts to modernize and simplify the regulatory framework for capital markets and asset managers as a way to help fulfill the SEC’s critical mission.
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MFA sent CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo a letter congratulating him on his nomination to serve as the next Chair of the CFTC as well as detailing the top regulatory matters with which MFA would like to work on with the CFTC. MFA also applauded Acting Charmin Giancarlo’s Project KISS—Keep It Simple Stupid—initiative and the agency-wide review of CFTC regulations.
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MFA, along with AIMA, today submitted a comment letter to the CFTC outlining concerns with the Commission’s reproposed automated trading regulation. The joint letter urges the CFTC to abandon the current version of the rule and instead take steps to reduce electronic trading risk by implementing risk controls and build on the existing regulatory framework.
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In an op-ed published by the USA Today, MFA’s President and CEO Richard H. Baker discusses the value hedge funds provide to investors’ portfolio.
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