No longer a Backwater? CFTC Draws Intense Interest in Trump Transition

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The CFTC may not be a regulatory backwater much longer, if the president-elect’s allies have anything to say about it. The perpetually underfunded agency, which often plays second fiddle to the larger and more prominent SEC, is drawing a surprising amount of attention from the Trump transition team – a sign that the derivatives overseer could be in for …