Wake Up Call: Trump’s CFTC Pick May Signal Change on Dodd-Frank

• U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates the derivatives trading that set off the financial crisis. Unlike Trump, Giancarlo has said he supports the core reforms of the Dodd-Frank Act. ( New York Times DealBook ) A Republican member of the CFTC, Giancarlo took over as the agency’s acting chairman in January. ( Bloomberg BNA ) Giancarlo worked as a law firm partner for about eight years, at Giancarlo & Gleiberman, and the now-defunct Thelen Reid. ( Linkedin )

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