The Securities Industry Association (SIA)*, The Bond Market Association (TBMA), the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) provide comments to the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on reauthorizing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The primary concern of the associations is a provision within the draft legislation to reauthorize the CFTC that would change the so-called Treasury Amendment.
*SIFMA is the product of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) and The Bond Market Association (TBMA) in 2006.
SIFMA AMG, Investment Company Institute (ICI), American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham Australia), Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Managed…