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SEC, CFTC sign cooperation memo

Montage of the SEC and CFTC buildings.
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The agreement replaces the agencies’ 2018 memorandum and sets out updated procedures for how they can work better together, and apart, from one another.

In a press release, the SEC and CFTC announced the publication of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) alongside a fact sheet, setting out how they will coordinate in areas of overlapping jurisdiction, which SEC Chair Paul Atkins had recently previewed in a speech on regulatory harmonization.

The agreement