• CFTC rules implementing Title VII of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 111-203, H.R. 4173).

Duration: October 8, 2015 to December 31, 2015

General Issues: Banking, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Spending: about $140,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2015: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Affiliated organizations: Goldman Sachs & Company; JPMorgan Chase & Co; Morgan Stanley & Co, Incorporated; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; HSBC USA, Inc.

Related Foreign Entities: HSBC Holdings plc (London E14 5HQ, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%