Meeting Date:
Friday, July 29, 2011
CFTC Staff:
Alicia Lewis
Dan Berkovitz
Lois Gregory
Andrea Musalem
Jordan O'Regan
Nancy Doyle
Peter Kals
Christopher Hower
Organization(s):
Better Markets, Inc.
External Attendees:
Dennis Kelleher
Wallace Turbeville
Additional Information:
Participants discussed the proposed requirements to mitigate conflicts of interest in Derivatives Clearing Organizations, Designated Contracts Markets, and Swap Execution Facilities. In particular, participants discussed a comment letter received from Better Markets on November 17, 2010. Staff invited Better Markets to submit an additional comment letter further detailing the indirect means of influence that Better Markets has observed in the derivatives markets.