[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30861-30862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15458]



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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Interactive Symposium on Internal Controls and Risk Management 
Practices

    This is to give notice that the Acting Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission will conduct a public meeting on Monday, 
June 24, 1996 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the first floor hearing 
room of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 
Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, DC. 20581.
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss current risk management 
strategies and the usefulness of existing resources with a diverse 
group of industry experts, market users, regulators and academics, 
toward the goal of identifying areas where consumer and financial 
professional awareness of available techniques can be enhanced by 
educational outreach efforts of regulators and the private sector.
    The agenda is as follows:

Interactive Symposium

What Users, Brokers and Dealers in Financial Instruments Should Know 
About Risk Management Practices and Internal Controls and the Role of 
Regulators and Self-Regulators in Assuring Maintenance of Adequate Risk 
Management Practices and Internal Controls
I. Dialogue--Risk Management and Internal Controls Concerns From the 
Perspective of an FCM/Dealer and a Counterparty
II. Counterpoint: Evaluating Risk Management and Internal Control 
Systems--What Do Users Need From Audit Reports
III. End-Users' Perspectives on Risk Management and Internal Controls: 
The Points of View of the Board of Directors and Management
IV. Free for All: What Can and Should Regulatory and Self-Regulatory 
Authorities be Doing With Respect to Risk Management Strategies and 
Internal Controls: [Chairs from prior panels, invited representatives 
from certain SROs and regulators and other interested parties]

    The meeting is open to the public. However , there is limited 
seating available. For further information, please contact Mr. Jordan 
C. Klear, Division of Trading and Markets, at (202) 418-5485, if you 
wish to attend. The Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, John E. Tull, Jr., is empowered to conduct the meeting in a 
fashion that will, in his judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of 
business.


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    Issued in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 1996.
Alan L. Seifert,
Deputy Director, Division of Trading & Markets.
[FR Doc. 96-15458 Filed 6-17-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351-01-M