What does CFMA stand for?

Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000

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Samples in periodicals archive:

As a result of amendments under the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, the Commodity Exchange Act provides exemptions from most CFTC regulation for certain swaps and other derivative products for commodities traded on electronic trading facilities that limit participation to principal-to-principal transactions between eligible commercial entities.

CFTC Seeks Comment On Whether Carbon Financial Instrument Is A ...

2) The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 guaranteed that high-risk tools such as credit default swaps remained unregulated, opting instead to encourage a "self-regulation" that never happened.

Is deregulation to blame? The new Washington consensus says "yes." ...

To prevent regulators from getting the upper hand, the Republican-led Congress passed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.

Risk-laden financial moves tantamount to gambling

On May 4, Senators Carl Levin and Susan Collins introduced a bill entitled "Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act of 2009" to repeal existing legislation, including portions of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, that shields swaps from most federal regulation.

New Swaps Legislative Initiative

EnergyClear is the first new DCO not affiliated with a trading facility to have been granted registration by the Commission since passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.

EnergyClear Corporation Announces Launch as the First Industry-Owned ...

The SEC has limited authority over "security-based swap agreements" as defined by Section 206A of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (enacted as part of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 ("CFMA"), which requires that the material terms of the transaction, other than price and quantity, be "subject to individual negotiation.

SEC Approves Credit Default Swap Exemptions

2724 would reverse legal certainty provisions adopted as a part of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) for OTC energy derivatives.

ISDA Concurs With Financial Regulators' Concerns Regarding Expansion ...

Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and that there be a role for securities regulation of OTC derivative transactions involving retail investors.

Structured Finance Update