CFTC Announces Public Meeting Of The Technology Advisory Committee And Renewal Of The Committee Charter And Membership - Full Committee To Focus On Updates From The Subcommittee On Automated And High Frequency Trading And Aggregation Of Liquidity In The New Dodd-Frank World

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that its Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition to introducing the newest members of the TAC as part of the biennial renewal of the Committee charter, this meeting will focus on two significant issues facing the futures and swaps industries as the Commission continues to finalize rules under the Dodd-Frank Act. These issues are: (1) automated and high frequency trading (HFT); and (2) the aggregation of liquidity across designated contract markets (“DCMs”) and swap execution facilities (“SEFs”).