Title:
Meeting w/ICE, Noble, Louis Dreyfus, Cargill
Meeting Date:
Thursday, May 15, 2014
CFTC Staff:
Vincent McGonagle
Stephen Sherrod
Riva Adriance
Lee Ann Duffy
Harold Hild
Christa Lachenmayr
Organization(s):
Intercontinental Exchange
Noble Americas Corp.
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
Cargill
External Attendees:
Ben Jackson (IFUS)
Alex Albert (IFUS)
Susan Gallant (IFUS)
Tim Barry (IFUS)
Salvatore Penna (Noble)
Bernardo Rodrigues (Noble)
Gloria Wadsworth (Louis Dreyfus)
Mike Gorrell (Louis Dreyfus)
Bryan Dierlam (Cargill)
Patrice Bougault (Cargill)
Additional Information:
Topic: ICE and users of the Sugar No. 11 futures contract discussed cash market practices. They commented that the contract should not be subject to federal position limits. In the alternative, additional transactions should be recognized as bona fide hedging positions, including unfixed price commitments, and such hedging positions should be bona fide through the last trading day. Regarding anticipatory hedges, their view is the restriction of 12 months applicable to annual production agricultural crops is not appropriate for a crop with multiple harvests over a multiple year life cycle. Further, they requested guidance on a process and timeline for consideration of non-enumerated hedge exemptions and requested CFTC adopt accountability levels in lieu of hard limits.-
