Senate approved Giancarlo sworn in at CFTC
17 June 2014 Washington DC
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J. Christopher Giancarlo has been sworn in as a commissioner of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Giancarlo received confirmation of the position at the federal agency, which oversees he commodity futures, options and swaps industry, by the US Senate on 3 June and will this week be taking over responsibilities.
He joins the CFTC from the New York broker company, GFI Group, where he was executive vice president.
Previous experience has seen him structure alliances with major investment banks with FENICS; be made partner in the New York law firm Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, where he practised corporate and securities law; and is also the founding co editor-in-chief of eSecurities: Trading and Regulation on the Internet.
Giancarlo received confirmation of the position at the federal agency, which oversees he commodity futures, options and swaps industry, by the US Senate on 3 June and will this week be taking over responsibilities.
He joins the CFTC from the New York broker company, GFI Group, where he was executive vice president.
Previous experience has seen him structure alliances with major investment banks with FENICS; be made partner in the New York law firm Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, where he practised corporate and securities law; and is also the founding co editor-in-chief of eSecurities: Trading and Regulation on the Internet.
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