CFTC head sees energy hedging unharmed by position limits proposal

摘要

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath Tarbertoutlined a busy agenda for the next six months that includes actingon multiple outstanding regulations affecting energy derivativesmarkets.The agency will propose a rule setting federal position limits onderivatives in the next few months that will “address concerns of endusers” and ensure that bona fide hedging is “not restricted,” Tarbertsaid during a speech before the Futures Industry AssociationWednesday. “But we will provide prophylactic, clear and usable rules,so market participants … know what the limits are,” he said.