Overview
Wash Trades
- Wash Trades - Definition of a Wash Trade
- Wash Trades – Responsibility and Implications
- Wash Trades – Automated Trading Systems
- Wash Trades - Freshening
EFRP
- EFRP - What is an EFRP?
- EFRP - Parties to an EFRP
- EFRP - Pricing and the Related Position for EFRPs
- EFRP - Reporting and Recordkeeping
- EFRP - Prohibited Transitory EFRPs
Block Trades
- Block Trades - What is a Block Trade?
- Block Trades – Participant Eligibility
- Block Trades – Eligible Products, Times and Prices
- Block Trades – Reporting and Recordkeeping
- Block Trades – Pre-Hedging
- Block Trades – TAS, TAM and BTIC
Disruptive Practices Prohibited
- Disruptive Practices Prohibited - General Information
- Disruptive Practices Prohibited - Factors Market Regulation Considers
- Disruptive Practices Prohibited - Spoofing
- Disruptive Practices Prohibited - Flipping
- Disruptive Practices Prohibited - Additional Examples
- Disruptive Practices Prohibited - Frequently Asked Questions
CME Globex Operator ID Requirements
- CME Globex Operator ID Requirements – General Rule
- CME Globex Operator ID Requirements - Registration and Requirements
- CME Globex Operator ID Requirements - Individual and Team Operators
Pre-Execution Communications
Rule 524 - TAS, TAM, BTIC and TACO
Enforcement Process
Once a case has been referred to the Market Regulation Enforcement team for prosecution, a respondent may seek to settle the case at any time after a Notice of Enforcement has been issued.
The settlement of an enforcement action typically involves negotiations, during which the parties arrive at an appropriate proposed sanction that Market Regulation would support before a Panel of the Business Conduct Committee (BCC). A respondent may not make a settlement offer to the BCC Panel unless Market Regulation supports the offer.
After a settlement in principle is reached, the respondent submits the offer in writing for consideration by the BCC Panel. The respondent may submit a written offer of settlement without admitting or denying the rule violations or factual findings upon which the penalty is based; provided the offer includes consent to the entry of the findings by the BCC regarding the conduct, the rule violations at issue, the penalty to be imposed and the Effective Date for the sanctions.
In submitting an offer of settlement, respondents waive their rights to a contested hearing and to appeal the panel’s decision if the offer is accepted. Respondents also waive any claim of bias or prejudgment on the part of the panel. A respondent may withdraw an offer of settlement at any time prior to the start of the settlement hearing before the BCC Panel.
Once a settlement is reached and the written offer of settlement is received, the case will be scheduled for a hearing before a BCC Panel. The BCC Panel will either accept or reject the settlement offer.
There are advantages for a respondent who negotiates a settlement with Enforcement prior to charges being issued by the Chief Regulatory Officer.
A settlement allows a respondent the opportunity to negotiate the language used in the Findings section of a Notice of Disciplinary Action (NDA). Further, settling before the issuance of charges allows the respondent and Enforcement to come to terms as to which alleged rule violation(s) will be cited in the settlement.
If charges are approved by the Chief Regulatory Officer, Enforcement is generally confined to the charges contained in the Charging Memorandum and the language used to describe each charge. It is difficult to drop charges once the Chief Regulatory Officer has determined that the evidence supports inclusion of those charges in an enforcement action.
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