Got Those End of Summer Blues? Check Out The CFTC/SEC Meetings…

We’ve mentioned that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission are holding joint meetings on harmonization of market regulation – in particular, they are seeking “recommendations for changes to their statutes and regulations that would eliminate regulatory differences with respect to similar types of financial instruments.”

 
The first meeting is tomorrow, at the CFTC, and the second is the Thursday, at the SEC (see http://www.financialfraudlaw.com/content/cftc-and-sec-so-happy-together).
 
The meetings are going to be open to be webcast via the Internet. You can watch a live broadcast of the September 2 meeting (starting at 9 a.m. EDT) on www.cftc.gov, and a live broadcast of the September 3 meeting (also starting at 9 a.m. EDT) on www.sec.gov.