On September 30, 2014, the CFTC announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and in Australia. The scope of the MOU covers markets and organized trading platforms, trade repositories, intermediaries, dealers and other market participants.

The full text of the MOU is available at:

http://www.cftc.gov/ucm/groups/public/@internationalaffairs/documents/file/cftc-asicsupervisorymou092414.pdf .

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