On March 15, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight announced that certain banking entities subject to Appendix B of Part 75 of the CFTC's regulations, which implements section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act known as the "Volcker Rule," should submit their CEO attestations through the following email address: VolckerAttestation@cftc.gov. Appendix B includes requirements that a CEO attestation be submitted to the CFTC regarding the banking entity's Volcker Rule compliance program.
The CFTC press release is available at: http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr7340-16.
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