White House Weighs First Democratic Nominees for CFTC

The White House is considering a bipartisan slate of nominations for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the first Democratic picks for a major Wall Street regulator during the second Trump administration.

Among the contenders for two open Democratic commissioner positions are Matt MacKenzie, a lobbyist at market-making firm Optiver, Bill Rockwood, general counsel to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Ari Officer, a trader that helps oversee prediction markets at Jump Trading, said some of the people, who asked not to be identified as no final decisions have been made on the nominations.