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Rulemaking · CFTC · Mar 19, 2024

Requirements for Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities Regarding Governance and the Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest Impacting Market Regulation Functions

Docket or bill
2024-04938
Official record
https://www.regulations.gov/document/CFTC-2024-0025-0001
Tracked as
Requirements for Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities Regarding Governance and the Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest Impacting Market Regulation Functions
Issued by
Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Traceable spending around this event

Tracked direct contributions from finance banking donors to candidates in the year before the event, with transfers to PACs and parties and independent expenditures reported apart, and lobbying on FIN issue codes in the surrounding window. These are partial, tracked figures scoped to a window, not totals for the industry. Independent expenditures are spent for or against candidates, not given to them, and are never added to the giving figures.

Giving window: Mar 20, 2023 – Mar 19, 2024. Donation records in this database currently run through Oct 20, 2026; lobbying filings through 2026. Figures computed Oct 29, 2026.

Tracked direct giving to candidates (finance banking)

$2,535,730

215 contributions to person recipients

Transfers to PACs and parties (finance banking)

$37,669,531

5,491 contributions to non-person recipients

IE support

$400,354

3 independent expenditures for candidates

IE oppose

$917,194

9 independent expenditures against candidates

Lobbying (FIN)

$1,044,388,443

2,580 filings, whole-filing LDA totals

Positions on record

0

none recorded

Tracked direct giving to candidates (finance banking)$2,535,730
Transfers to PACs and parties$37,669,531
Independent expenditures supporting candidates$400,354
Independent expenditures opposing candidates$917,194
Lobbying (FIN)$1,044,388,443

Giving to candidates, transfers to PACs, independent expenditures and lobbying are separate figures and are not summed.

Positions

No entity positions are recorded for this event yet. Positions are shown only where an entity has a cited stance on the record. Stances inferred from donations are not shown.

Top lobbying on these issues

Clients with the most reported lobbying spend on FIN issue codes in the window around the event. Lobbying reports cover multiple issues, so spend is not attributable to this event alone.

Figures are drawn from tracked FEC donations and Senate LDA lobbying disclosures held in this database. See the methodology for how spending is scoped to an event window. The spending shown is publicly disclosed, and no violation of law is alleged. Its timing does not establish that any spending caused the outcome.