U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Suyash G. Paliwal is Director of the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In his role, Mr. Paliwal advises the CFTC Chairman on cross-border issues and leads the CFTC’s international regulatory initiatives. OIA represents the Commission in international fora such as the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and advises the Chairman on matters relating to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and IOSCO’s Financial Stability Engagement Group (FSEG). Mr. Paliwal’s office also coordinates the agency’s efforts related to policies and initiatives of foreign jurisdictions, supervisory cooperation arrangements, and technical assistance to regulatory authorities globally.
Mr. Paliwal has spent the last decade handling international regulatory policy matters in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining the CFTC, he served at the Federal Reserve Board, where he advised on FSB matters, represented the central bank in the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and bilateral forums, developed international and domestic policy for the supervision of systemically important financial institutions and certain financial conglomerates (insurance savings and loan holding companies), and oversaw the supervision of large financial institutions. He led a team of supervisors in Europe and Asia to develop international standards on governance and risk management, advised Federal Reserve Board leadership on strategic international engagement and market developments, and was lead author of a proposed capital rule.
Prior to his government service, Mr. Paliwal spent more than five years working in private practice at White & Case and Allen & Overy, where he advised clients on complex international legal issues and derivatives regulations. Before entering law school, he worked for more than four years in the financial services industry at Ernst & Young and Verisk Analytics, Inc.
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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The mission of the CFTC is to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity and financial futures and options, and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound futures and option markets. In pursuit of its mission, the CFTC investigates and prosecutes commodities fraud, including foreign currency schemes, energy manipulation and hedge fund fraud, and works with other federal and state agencies to bring criminal and other actions. The CFTC also engages in public education and outreach by participating in consumer groups and issuing Consumer Advisories and other educational materials.