124 STAT. 1711 PUBLIC LAW 111–203—JULY 21, 2010 ‘‘(5) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The swap dealer and major swap participant shall implement conflict-of-interest systems and procedures that— ‘‘(A) establish structural and institutional safeguards to ensure that the activities of any person within the firm relating to research or analysis of the price or market for any commodity or swap or acting in a role of providing clearing activities or making determinations as to accepting clearing customers are separated by appropriate informa- tional partitions within the firm from the review, pressure, or oversight of persons whose involvement in pricing, trading, or clearing activities might potentially bias their judgment or supervision and contravene the core principles of open access and the business conduct standards described in this Act; and ‘‘(B) address such other issues as the Commission determines to be appropriate. ‘‘(6) ANTITRUST CONSIDERATIONS.—Unless necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Act, a swap dealer or major swap participant shall not— ‘‘(A) adopt any process or take any action that results in any unreasonable restraint of trade; or ‘‘(B) impose any material anticompetitive burden on trading or clearing. ‘‘(7) RULES.—The Commission shall prescribe rules under this subsection governing duties of swap dealers and major swap participants. ‘‘(k) DESIGNATION OF CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each swap dealer and major swap participant shall designate an individual to serve as a chief compliance officer. ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The chief compliance officer shall— ‘‘(A) report directly to the board or to the senior officer of the swap dealer or major swap participant; ‘‘(B) review the compliance of the swap dealer or major swap participant with respect to the swap dealer and major swap participant requirements described in this section; ‘‘(C) in consultation with the board of directors, a body performing a function similar to the board, or the senior officer of the organization, resolve any conflicts of interest that may arise; ‘‘(D) be responsible for administering each policy and procedure that is required to be established pursuant to this section; ‘‘(E) ensure compliance with this Act (including regula- tions) relating to swaps, including each rule prescribed by the Commission under this section; ‘‘(F) establish procedures for the remediation of non- compliance issues identified by the chief compliance officer through any— ‘‘(i) compliance office review; ‘‘(ii) look-back; ‘‘(iii) internal or external audit finding; ‘‘(iv) self-reported error; or ‘‘(v) validated complaint; and
