Meeting Date:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
CFTC Staff:
Bart Chilton
Elizabeth Ritter
Salman Banaei
Organization(s):
Delta Strategy Group
Javelin
Alliance Bernstein
BNY Mellon
Brevan Howard
Citadel
Coherence Capital
CRT Capital Group LLC
Eris Exchange
GETCO
ING
Jefferies
RBC Capital Markets
Societe Generale Corporation & Investment Banking
Wells Fargo
DRW Holdings
Arbor Research
Benchmark Plus
DE Shaw
Imperial
RJO
Scotia Capital
Seaport
Susquehanna Intl Group (SIG)
Toronto Dominion
Tricadia
US Bank
External Attendees:
Gerardo Talamo, Alliance Bernstein
Ed Mcelwreath, Arbor Research
Rich Avakian, Benchmark Plus
Sanjay Kannambadi, BNY Mellon
Rupert Cox, Brevan Howard
Randall Costa, Citadel
Stephen Berger, Citadel
Greg Mackay, Coherence Capital Partners
Bart Sokol, CRT
David Moss, DE Shaw
Jim Newsome, Delta Strategy Group
Scott Parsons, Delta Strategy Group
Jeff Levoff, ERW
Stephen Humenik, Eris Futures
Michael Riddle, Eris Futures
Elizabeth King, Getco
Brian Walter, Imperial
Brad Small, ING
James Cawley, Javelin
Mike Hisler, Javelin
Chris Bury, Jefferies
Rob Agans, RBC
Sal Morale, RBC
Joram Siegel, RBC
Rob Powell, RJO
Jeff Bauman, RJO
Ryan Ferguson, Scotia Capital
Dave Hinton, Seaport
Alan Mittleman, Soc Gen
Alan Krasnick, Susquehanna Intl Group (SIG)
Rob Erxleben, Toronto Dominion
Carter Bateman, US Bank
Cronin McTigue, Wells Fargo
Greg Celucci, Wells Fargo
Additional Information:
Participants discussed the path to mandatory clearing, specifically the Commission's consideration of the remaining triggering rules to begin the phasing of the mandate, and the timing for all remaining steps for the mandate to become effective.
