Meetings: Global Markets Advisory Committee,

[Federal Register: April 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 83)]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Global Markets Advisory Committee Meeting

This is to give notice, pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec. 10(a), that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Global Markets Advisory Committee will conduct a public meeting on May 14, 1998 in the first floor hearing room (Room 1000) of the Commission's Washington, D.C. headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and last until 5:00 p.m. The agenda will consist of the following:

Agenda

1. Part 1

1. Introductory Remarks by Commissioner Barbara Pedersen Holum, Chairman, Global Markets Advisory Committee

2. Report on CFTC Activities of International Interest by Chairperson Brooksley Born

3. Discussion of Business Problems Encountered during Asian Market Volatility

4. General Discussion of the Impediments to Conducting Business Abroad B. Part 2

5. Discussion Regarding Placement of U.S. Exchanges' Terminals in Foreign Countries and Foreign Exchanges' Terminals in the U.S.

6. Other Topics of Concern to Advisory Committee Members

The Advisory Committee was created by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the purpose of receiving advice and recommendations on the myriad of complex and novel issues raised by the ever-increasing globalization of futures markets. The purposes and objectives of the Global Markets Advisory Committee are more fully set forth in the Charter of the Advisory Committee.

The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Commissioner Barbara Pedersen Holum, is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will, in her judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Any member of the public who wishes to file a written statement with the Advisory Committee should mail a copy of the statement to the attention of: The Global Markets Advisory Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581, before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements should also inform Commissioner Holum in writing at the foregoing address at least three business days before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made, if time permits, for an oral presentation of no more than five minutes each in duration.

Issued by the Commission in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 1998. Jean A. Webb, Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98-11569Filed4-29-98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351-01-M