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SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar called for the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy to issue an investor alert warning retail investors about the risks of trading off-exchange foreign currency contracts. This comes in the wake of the SEC’s recent approval of a temporary rule allowing the sale of retail forex contracts to unsophisticated investors until the SEC decides whether or not to issue more comprehensive rules. (“SEC Official Seeks Investor Alert on Retail Forex,” Reuters, CNBC.com).