... investment strategies are complicated and not intuitive. These standards can constrain a registered fund’s ability to employ options, futures, swaps, prime brokerage, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, enhanced leverage through securities lending, and other facilities. As the SEC continues...

...Paul M. Architzel; Petal P. Walker Purpose The paper's aim is to explain the rules the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted for the segregation of cleared swaps customers' collateral as mandated by the Dodd‐Frank Act. Design/methodology/approach The paper discusses...

.... Rule 180.1 broadly prohibits fraud in connection with any swap, commodity contract, or futures contract. Specifically, Rule 180.1 makes it unlawful for any person, intentionally or recklessly, to: Title VII of Dodd‐Frank establishes a comprehensive new regulatory framework for derivatives. As part...