Regulators to harmonise US trading rules

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has signed an agreement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a US energy regulation body, in a move to harmonise blurred US trading regulation standards.

Chris Cox, chairman of the SEC and the CFTC’s acting chairman Walter L. Lukken signed a mutual co-operation agreement, which establishes a permanent regulatory liaison between the agencies, following industry bodies' calls for a single legal standard.

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