Washington DC, 9 September 2010

Staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will lead a public roundtable on September 16, 2010, to discuss the Commission’s proposed Ownership and Control Report (OCR). The roundtable will provide the public and CFTC staff with an opportunity to address issues raised in the Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking related to the OCR, published in the Federal Register on July 19, 2010.

As explained in the Notice, the proposed OCR calls for the collection of ownership, control and related information for all trading accounts active on U.S. futures exchanges and other reporting entities.

The OCR roundtable will be held in the Lobby Level Hearing Room of the Commission’s Headquarters, at Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington DC. It will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public also may listen by telephone. Call-in participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name and affiliation.  The information for the conference call is below.

US/Canada Toll-Free: (866) 312-4390

International Toll: (404) 537-3379

Conference ID: 94281936

Shortly after the OCR meeting, a transcript of the roundtable will be published on the Commission’s Account Ownership and Control Report public comment page at http://www.cftc.gov/LawRegulation/PublicComments/10-009.html. To give interested parties time to prepare comments on matters that are discussed at the OCR roundtable, the Commission extended the comment period for the Federal Register Notice to October 7, 2010.

Members of the public wishing to submit their views on the topics addressed at the OCR roundtable may submit comments via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Comments also may be submitted by connecting to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov and following comment submission instructions. All comments must be submitted in English, or must be accompanied by an English translation.