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Volatility in energy markets is also attracting attention internationally.  Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have called for international regulators to consider improving transparency and supervision of the oil futures markets "in order to reduce damaging speculation".
Volatility in energy markets is also attracting attention internationally.  Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have called for international regulators to consider improving transparency and supervision of the oil futures markets "in order to reduce damaging speculation".
===Submissions===
Here is a {{upload|filename=090729_Casturo_ CFTC_Submission.pdf|Description=transcription}} of the submission of Goldman Sachs' Donald Casturo to the hearings on 29 July 2009.
Here is a [http://dtpdevlb:81/mediawiki/images/b/b4/020810_Linklaters_CFTC_Position_Limits.pdf Linklaters]
article on the changes.


==Brokerage Activities outside the US==
==Brokerage Activities outside the US==