The Race for CFTC Chief is Heating Up

Also, speculation about PCAOB's fate enlivens accounting conference; FDIC to meet next week

Several contenders to lead the CFTC had meetings this week at the Trump transition’s offices, as the president-elect gets closer to a decision. In an only-in-Washington moment, sources report that three of the finalists were spotted around the same time at Reagan National airport while waiting to catch a flight to Palm Beach yesterday: Brian Quintenz, N…