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VIDEO: Seven Questions for CFTC Chief Gensler -- He Sees Continuing Vulnerabilities in Derivatives

Gary Gensler, the top regulator of the commodities markets, sees the U.S. financial system still “vulnerable” to the murky world of privately negotiated derivatives. As chairman of the CFTC, Gensler wants to comprehensively oversee the trading of these complex financial contracts for the first time.
» Related Story: Once a Toothless Regulator, CFTC Now Wants Obama’s Derivatives Bill Strengthened

By Lagan Sebert and Ben Protess
7 October 2009

Top Regulator: 'We Haven’t Filled the Gaps'

Gary Gensler, the top regulator of the commodities markets, sees the U.S. financial system still “vulnerable” to the murky world of privately negotiated derivatives. As chairman of the CFTC, Gensler wants to comprehensively oversee the trading of these complex financial contracts for the first time.

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert
7 October 2009