CME Group's Terry Duffy ready to sue CFTC over perpetual futures

18th June, 2026

Narayani Srinivasan

The veteran executive, who will step down as CME Group’s chief executive, argued that perpetual futures should be treated as swaps under the Dodd-Frank Act, accusing the derivatives regulator of ‘circumventing the law’.

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Bank of America
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Goldman Sachs
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HSBC
J.P Morgan
Marex
Morgan Stanley
SGX
SocGen
Susquehanna
MUFG Investor Services
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