http://huffpostfund.org/rss/barack-obama en http://huffpostfund.org/video/video-seven-questions-cftc-chief-gensler-he-sees-continuing-vulnerabilities-derivatives <div class="field field-type-emvideo field-field-video"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="emvideo emvideo-preview emvideo-youtube"><div class="emfield-emvideo emfield-emvideo-youtube"> <div id="emvideo-youtube-flash-wrapper-1"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qhjbxj_us0M&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;fs=1" id="emvideo-youtube-flash-1"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qhjbxj_us0M&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;playerapiid=ytplayer&amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowScriptAcess" value="sameDomain"/> <param name="quality" value="best"/> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/> <param name="scale" value="noScale"/> <param name="salign" value="TL"/> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://huffpostfund.org/video/video-seven-questions-cftc-chief-gensler-he-sees-continuing-vulnerabilities-derivatives" dc:identifier="http://huffpostfund.org/video/video-seven-questions-cftc-chief-gensler-he-sees-continuing-vulnerabilities-derivatives" dc:title="VIDEO: Seven Questions for CFTC Chief Gensler &mdash; He Sees Continuing Vulnerabilities in Derivatives" trackback:ping="http://huffpostfund.org/trackback/864" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <p>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.<br /> <strong>» Related Story: <a href="http://huffpostfund.org/blog/2009/08/20/once-toothless-regulator-cftc-now-wants-obama%E2%80%99s-derivatives-bill-strengthened">Once a Toothless Regulator, CFTC Now Wants Obama’s Derivatives Bill Strengthened</a></strong></p> Business & Finance derivatives Gary Gensler financial crisis Barack Obama Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:14:28 +0000 Lagan Sebert 864 at http://huffpostfund.org http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2009/10/top-derivatives-regulator-we-haven%E2%80%99t-filled-gaps <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2009/10/top-derivatives-regulator-we-haven%E2%80%99t-filled-gaps" dc:identifier="http://huffpostfund.org/stories/2009/10/top-derivatives-regulator-we-haven%E2%80%99t-filled-gaps" dc:title="Top Derivatives Regulator: &#039;We Haven’t Filled the Gaps&#039;" trackback:ping="http://huffpostfund.org/trackback/861" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <p>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.</p> <p>As chairman of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gensler wants to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&amp;sid=agFM_w6e2i00">comprehensively oversee </a>the trading of these complex financial contracts for the first time.<br />&nbsp;<span class="read-more"><a href="/stories/2009/10/top-derivatives-regulator-we-haven%E2%80%99t-filled-gaps">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Read more &raquo;</a></span></p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/stories/2009/10/top-derivatives-regulator-we-haven%E2%80%99t-filled-gaps" class="imagecache imagecache-article_276_wide imagecache-linked imagecache-article_276_wide_linked"><img src="http://huffpostfund.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_276_wide/images/articles/2009/10/Gary Gensler.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-article_276_wide" width="276" height="157" /></a> </div> </div> </div> Entertainment Politics Business & Finance Person Attributes Person Career Quotation Gary Gensler Fixing the Financial System derivatives Barack Obama CFTC Gary Gensler Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:06:27 +0000 Ben Protess 861 at http://huffpostfund.org