By Athena Eastwood, Anthony Mansfield, Paul Pantano and Neal Kumar
On August 15, 2016, Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published a final report regarding the de minimis exception from swap dealer registration (“Staff De Minimis Report”). The Staff De Minimis Report highlights continued insufficient data to identify swap dealing activity. As a result, the Staff De Minimis Report does not include any Staff recommendations about whether the Commission should raise, lower, or retain the interim $8 billion de minimis threshold. read more