The effects of speculation on commodities pricing has been hotly debated in recent years. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis there was a sharp increase in raw-materials speculation, leading ...

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A federal judge last fall struck down the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s current iteration of federal position limits on holdings of commodity futures contracts. A month and a half later, ...

UK reforms effective July 6, 2026, shift responsibility for commodity position limits to trading venues and narrow limits to a defined set of 14 “critical” contracts and related instruments. The ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted to adopt new rules on position limits (Final Rules) 1 in an open meeting on October 15. Once effective, the Final Rules will implement one of the ...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved two Position Limits Proposals on a 3-1 vote. Commissioners also unanimously voted for a proposal related to aggregating accounts under the ...

The Final Rule closely follows the rule proposal released by the CFTC in January 2020 (the Proposed Rule). However, the CFTC did make a few alterations in the Final Rule. This alert (i) highlights key ...