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Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, 7/10/12
Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will convene a series of two hearings over the next several weeks focusing on the continued implementation of Title VII of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act as well as continuing to probe the collapse of financial firm MF Global in an effort to strengthen customer protections in futures markets. Below are details surrounding both hearings.
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: 2 Years Later
July 17, 2012
10:00 a.m. EDT
328-A, Russell Senate Office Building
The oversight hearing will focus on the continued implementation of Title VII of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and will examine its progress nearly two years after the reform was passed by Congress. The Hon. Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Mr. Robert Cook, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will testify. Additional witnesses detailed below.
· Hon. Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC
· Mr. Robert Cook, Director, Division of Trading and Market, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
· Mr. Robert Pickel, CEO, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Washington, DC
· Mr. Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO, Better Markets, Washington, DC
· Mr. Thomas Erickson, VP of Government Affairs, Bunge North America, St. Louis, MO
Continued Review of MF Global: Accountability in the Futures Markets
August 1, 2012
9:00 a.m. EDT
328-A, Russell Senate Office Building
The hearing will continue an ongoing examination into the collapse of financial firm MF Global and how customer protections can be strengthened to prevent future misuse of customer funds in the futures markets. Witnesses to be determined.
***A live webcast of the hearings can be viewed on the Committee’s website at http://ag.senate.gov.
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