A Promotion Highlights Commodity Regulator’s Ties to Wall Street
- Daughter of swaps industry lawyer named to CFTC chief’s staff
- Some employees wary of clubbiness with firms agency polices
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The new head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has promoted the daughter of a senior executive at Wall Street’s main derivatives lobbying group, provoking concern among some agency employees that the regulator is too cozy with the financial industry.
In July, CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert gave legislative specialist Anna Rosenberg the additional title of “special assistant to the chairman,” and touted her in a press release as a member of his “best in class” team. The 23-year-old had spent about a year working on Capitol Hill in junior positions before joining the commission in early 2019.