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Comment Letter to SEC and CFTC Regarding Definition of ‘Eligible Contract Participant’01.10.12
MFA and SIFMA submitted a letter and attachment to the CFTC and the SEC on their proposed definition of “eligible […]
Topics: eligible contract participant Global Foreign Exchange Division, GFXD, ECP, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Look Through, SIFMA's Asset Management Group, Currency Markets, systemic risk, retail investors, Foreign Exchange Trading, sophisticated investors, Liquidity Providers, hedging, Institutional Accounts, Retail-Focused, Dealer, swap dealer, Counterparty, Credit Weakness, Ratings Downgrades, OTC Foreign Exchange, swap, financial counterparties, hedge funds, Commodity Pools, Retail Foreign Currency Transactions, Retail Forex Pool, Security-Based Swap, Currency-Based Instruments, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Professional Retail Foreign Exchange Investors, Retail Forex Rules, Over-the-Counter, OTC, Retail FX Rules, OCC, FDIC, Investment Assets, institutional investors, Swap Platform, Cross-Border Investments, broker dealers, futures commission merchants, FCMs, close-out netting, margin levels, Trust, Foundation, Corporation, Limited Liability Corporation, partnership, Security-Based Swap Dealer, Major Swap Participant, Major Security-Based Swap Participant, registered investment companies, Pension Funds, Universities, 401(k), Retirement Funds, private funds, private equity funds, Feeder Funds, Equity Capital, Transition Relief,