(1.2) US

Futures markets largely unregulated in shutdown, CFTC official says  

The federal government shutdown has left the futures markets largely unregulated, raising concerns over fraud and manipulation with a hobbled watchdog, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission official said.

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-futures-markets-largely-unregulated-during-shutdown-cftc-commissioner-says-20131004,0,3351171.story

With Lights off in the CFTC, Many Traders Are Left In the Dark

According to the Wall Street Journal, the government shutdown may lead to timid commodities and foreign exchange markets.

http://www.cftclaw.com/2013/10/lights-cftc-traders-left-dark/

CFTC should fund itself with settlement money, commissioner says

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission should be allowed to use the money it obtains from settlements – such as the millions it received to resolve the global interest rate-rigging scandal – to help fund the agency, CFTC commissioner Bart Chilton will argue in a speech on Wednesday.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5164e0e8-301b-11e3-9eec-00144feab7de.html

SEC launches market data website

Washington D.C., Oct. 9, 2013 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today unveiled a dynamic new website to provide investors and others with the ability to interactively explore a range of new market metrics and access empirical research and analyses that further inform the broader public debate on market structure.

http://www.secfinmonitor.com/sfm/sec-launches-market-data-website/ http://www.sec.gov/marketstructure/

Don’t Overlook This Swap Data Reporting Rule

Daniel Parker, vice president, SunGard’s capital markets business, explores the embargo rule and explains the competitive advantage this new public reporting of swap transactions rule may present to market participants.

http://www.derivsource.com/articles/don%E2%80%99t-overlook-swap-data-reporting-rule