Agency grants extension till May 15 for European swap-trading platforms to demonstrate that they don't require U.S. oversight.

Agency issues request for comment on information reporting from swaps-data repositories.

Agency is said to be exploring whether foreign exchange rate rigging distorted options prices.

Agency has said it lacks resources to adequately oversee markets; current version of president's budget reduces funding from previous version but increases from current funding level.

Agreement between CFTC and EU grants short-term relief to MTFs, billed as 'an important step but far from the final one' on road to rules convergence.

Financial firms get three more months to start trading swaps with multiple components on swap-execution facilities.

Packaged trades, which make up around 50 percent of the market in notional volume, won't have to move to SEFs until May 15.

U.S. and EU said to be near agreement on short-term relief from Dodd-Frank for overseas derivatives deals.