Financial Products Advisory Committee; Sixth Renewal

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Financial Products Advisory Committee; Sixth Renewal

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has determined to renew

for a period of two years its advisory committee designated as the

``Commodity Futures Trading Commission Financial Products Advisory

Committee.'' As required by Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 14(a)(2)(A), and 41 CFR 101-

6.1007 and 101-6.1029, the Commission

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has consulted with the Committee Management Secretariat of the General

Services Administration, and the Commission certifies that the renewal

of the advisory committee is in the public interest in connection with

duties imposed on the Commission by the Commodity Exchange Act, 7

U.S.C. 1 et seq., as amended.

The objectives and scope of activities of the Financial Products

Advisory Committee are to conduct public meetings and submit reports

and recommendations on issues concerning individuals and industries

interested in or affected by financial markets regulated by the

Commission.

Commissioner David D. Spears serves as Chairman and Designated

Federal Official of the Financial Products Advisory Committee. The

committee's membership will represent a cross-section of interested and

affected persons and groups including representatives of newer

institutional market participants, such as broker-dealers, pension

sponsors, and investment companies; traditional market participants,

such as futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and

commodity trading advisors; Federal financial markets oversight

agencies; futures exchanges; the academic, legal, and accounting

communities; and other appropriate public participants.

Interested persons may obtain information or make comments by

writing to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette

Centre, 1155-21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.

Issued in Washington, DC on April 15, 1997, by the Commission.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97-10283 Filed 4-21-97; 8:45 am]

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