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This is What Progress Looks Like
One of the most frequent complaints about regulation in the U.S. is that it can take a lifetime to get anything accomplished. This isn’t an unfair criticism. After all, it’s 2013 and our legislative response to 2008 (however misguided it may have been) is STILL not fully implemented. However, at the risk of getting our jaded cynic membership card taken away, we have to provide recognition to the NFA for its swift (even if belated) implementation of enhanced reporting requirements for FCMs in the wake of the PFGBest fraud. In a member notice published today, the NFA reported (emphasis ours):
The PFGBest crisis never should have happened to begin with, but thanks to the expedited efforts of people across the futures industry, we now see regulations in place that should make it far more difficult for such an event to pass again. This is progress. And it’s just the beginning.