On December 5, 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC“) unanimously approved to re propose rules that implement limits on speculative futures and swap positions. Separately, the CFTC also approved final rules on aggregation of positions, a component of the existing position limits framework. The comment period ends 60 days after publication of the re-proposal in the Federal Register. Release.

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