US CFTC proposes to keep swap dealer threshold at $8 billion, ease Volker rule

摘要

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed tornpermanently set the threshold that triggers swap dealer regulations atrn$8 billion in annual dealing, a move that could ease pressures for somernenergy interests to exit swaps trading, according to CFTC Chairman J.rnChristopher Giancarlo.rnActing at a public meeting Monday, the commission also joinedrnother federal regulators in proposing changes to the so-called Volkerrnrule to add flexibility in restrictions to proprietary trading for bankingrnentities. The rule was seen as one of the factors contributing to arnnumber of big banks departing physical energy trading.