On April 18th, I will be visiting the Commission in Washington D.C. with one purpose – to bring the opinions of NIBA’s members directly to the CFTC Commissioners. CFTC’s response to the Dodd-Frank legislation has resulted in over 30 proposed regulations so far. While some of those will primarily effect derivatives trading, swaps and forex, several proposals also result in increased recordkeeping and reporting for all NFA registrants. Proposals such as those which would regulate conflicts of interest in the research and analysis areas of your office have the potential to affect all of our members. The NIBA has been…