Three US House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats on Oct. 24 asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission new questions about the potential impact of unregulated energy commodity swaps and ...

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HOUSTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Big energy companies like Royal Dutch Shell and commodity merchants like Cargill [CARG.UL] have a simple argument in pushing back against looming new swap market rules: ...

BitMEX said commodity perpetual swaps volume jumped from $38.1 million to $25 billion in Q1 as traders flocked to 24/7 gold, silver and oil exposure. BitMEX said in a Thursday report that commodity ...

U.S. lender Capital One Financial Corp got a waiver from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after plunging oil prices increased the bank's derivatives exposure above a key regulatory ...

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Three US House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats have asked the CFTC questions about the potential impact of unregulated energy commodity swaps and futures on prices. WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 27-- ...