SIA, TBMA, FIA and ISDA Submit Comments to the US House Agriculture Committee on Draft Bill to Reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The Securities Industry Association (SIA)*, The Bond Market Association (TBMA)*, the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association(ISDA)providecomments to the Chairmanand Ranking Member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee on a Committee draft bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The associations express concerns over some provisions that would have substantive consequences on the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets.

*SIFMA is the product of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) and The Bond Market Association (TBMA) in 2006.