Position limits, fraud ruling draw attention as CFTC shifts gears

摘要

As new Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman HeathTarbert charts plans for his tenure, a regulation on position limitscontinues to make the short list of items on his agenda.With implications for energy derivatives trading, a regulationsetting speculative position limits in 25 commodity futures and swapmarkets has long been promised by incoming CFTC commissionersbut has stalled at the agency.