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“This is over-regulation at its finest. Whatever happened to: A government is best which governs least?” |
News that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants feedback on proposed restrictions on retail FX prompted fury from both service providers and their clients. The CFTC has invited comment on issues including registration, disclosure, recordkeeping, financial reporting, minimum capital and other operational standards. Specifically, the proposed regulations would require the registration of counterparties offering retail foreign currency contracts as futures commission merchants (FCMs) or retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs), a new category of registrant created by the Farm Bill in 2008.
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