2016-12390: Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions
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Rule 15b12-1, by its terms, will expire and no longer be effective on July 31, 2016. Interested persons should be aware that as of that date, any broker or dealer, including a broker or dealer that is also dually registered as a futures commission merchant ("BD/ FCM"), shall be prohibited under the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") from offering or entering into a transaction described in the CEA with a person who is not an eligible contract participant ("retail forex transaction").
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