ISDA CEO Scott O’Malia talks to Caroline D. Pham, one of the four new commissioners at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Commissioner Pham talks about how she is bringing her recent experience in the private sector to her new role at the CFTC and her priorities as sponsor of the agency’s Global Markets Advisory Committee.
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