Friday, December 3, 2010

CFTC suspected to unveil position limit plan Dec 16

By Roberta Rampton, silverbearcafe.com:

(Reuters) - The U.S. futures regulator intends to unveil on December 16 its long-awaited revised plan to limit speculative positions held by commodity traders, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is grappling with how to set and police the controversial limits. Furthermore, due to its complexity there could be further delays, said another source closely monitoring the issue.

It would be unsurprising if the proposal was postponed until the new year - one of several items that may be delayed as the CFTC races to meet deadlines set under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, the industry source said.....read on

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