By Athena Eastwood, Gregory Mocek, Jonathan Flynn, Neal Kumar and Mary Treanor.
On March 24, 2015, the CME Group, Inc. (“CME”) announced a proposed amendment to Rule 512 indicating that it will impose a minimum fine of $1,000 for repeat violations of its exchanges’ reporting rules for futures and options. The amendment, which became effective on April 7, 2015 and applies to all CME Group exchanges, reflects an increasingly strict approach taken by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and CFTC-regulated exchanges for technical violations of futures and options reporting. read more