| ICE Clear Europe Limited |
4d Action |
4d(f) Request |
Action Taken |
04/09/2013 |
ICE Clear Europe Limited Request for Order Pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the CEA Permitting Commingling of Customer Funds and Portfolio Margining for Swaps and Security-Based Swaps. |
1 |
| ICE Clear Europe Limited |
4d Action |
Request for 4d(a) Order. |
Action Taken |
10/09/2012 |
The Commission has issued an order permitting ICE Clear Europe and its FCM clearing members to hold customer property used to margin, guarantee, or secure positions in foreign futures with customer property used to margin, guarantee, or secure futures, in a futures customer account maintained in accordance with Sections 4d(a) and 4d(b) of the CEA. The order also permits ICE Clear Europe to transfer cleared swaps positions, and customer property used to margin, secure or guarantee such positions, to Sections 4d(a) and 4d(b) accounts. |
1 |
| ICE Clear Europe Limited |
4d Action |
Supplemental Petition for Amendment to 4d Order |
Action Taken |
03/26/2015 |
The Commission issued an order amending an earlier order dated May 30, 2014, which permitted ICE Clear Europe and its clearing members that are registered FCMs to: (1) commingle in an account subject to Section 4d(a) (a futures customer account) positions in futures and options, and foreign futures and foreign options, and related customer money, securities, and property; and (2) portfolio margin these futures and options, and foreign futures and foreign options, in the futures customer account. The May 30, 2014 order provided relief only to ICE Clear Europe and its clearing members. The amended order also applies to FCMs that carry contracts cleared at ICE Clear Europe through a clearing member FCM but are not themselves clearing members. |
1 |
| ICE Clear Europe Limited |
4d Action |
ICE Clear Europe Petition for Amended 4d(a) Order |
Action Taken |
05/30/2014 |
ICE Clear Europe has requested that the Commission amend its October 15, 2012 order pursuant to Section 4d(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act permitting commingling of customer funds in connection with futures and foreign futures contracts to apply to additional products including certain interest rate, energy, and financial contracts. |
1 |
| ICE Clear Europe Limited |
4d Action |
4d(f) Order |
Action Taken |
08/08/2012 |
The Commission has issued an order permitting ICE Clear Europe and its FCM clearing members to hold customer property used to margin, guarantee, or secure positions in foreign futures with customer property used to margin, guarantee, or secure cleared swaps, in a cleared swaps account maintained in accordance with Section 4d(f) of the CEA. |
1 |
| ICE Clear Europe Limited |
409(b)(3) Order |
Request for determination under FDICIA 409(b)(3) |
Action Taken |
07/31/2008 |
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6 |
| ICE Clear US, Inc. |
4d Action |
Request for 4d Order for Cleared OTC Contracts |
Action Taken |
12/12/2008 |
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1 |
| ICE Clear US, Inc. |
4(c) Action |
Req for 4(c) Order for Part 35 exemption for swaps |
Action Taken |
12/12/2008 |
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4 |
| ICE Clear US, Inc. |
4(c) Action |
Req for Amended 4(c) Order re Long-Dated Ag Swaps |
Withdrawn |
07/08/2014 |
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2 |
| ICE Clear US, Inc. |
4d Action |
Request for Cross-Margining with OCC |
Action Taken |
02/29/2008 |
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1 |
| ICE Futures U.S., Inc. |
4(c) Action |
Req. 4(c) Order deeming brokers/traders to be ESPs |
Action Taken |
12/12/2008 |
This request is for relief under CEA section 4(c) for an Order that deems brokers/traders to be Eligible Swap Participants under Part 35 of CFTC Regulations. |
4 |
| Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
Exemption |
IPE Brokers/Traders Deemed ECEs |
Action Taken |
11/15/2004 |
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0 |
| Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., et al |
Exemption |
CFTC Registered Floor Brokers/Traders Deemed ECEs |
Action Taken |
01/16/2003 |
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0 |
| ISO-NE |
4(c) Action |
Request for Supplemental 4(c) Order |
Withdrawn |
03/21/2014 |
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2 |
| Kansas City Board of Trade Clearing Corporation |
4(c) Action |
Request for 4(c)/4d Order for Wheat Calendar Swaps |
Action Taken |
06/15/2010 |
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3 |
| LCH SA |
4d Action |
LCH SA 4d(f) Order |
Action Taken |
11/01/2021 |
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1 |
| LCH.Clearnet Ltd. |
4d Action |
LCH Ltd petition for 4d order |
Action Taken |
01/13/2017 |
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2 |
| LCH.Clearnet Ltd. |
Request for Amended Order |
Request for amended order |
Action Taken |
12/16/2014 |
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1 |
| LedgerX LLC dba FTX US Derivatives |
Request for Amended Order |
Request for Amended Order of Registration as a DCO |
Withdrawn |
11/11/2022 |
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6 |
| National Futures Association |
Petition for Rulemaking |
NFA Petition for Rulemaking re: Regulation 4.5 |
Action Taken |
02/09/2012 |
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6 |
| National Futures Association |
Petition for Rulemaking |
Electronic filing of Part 4 notices |
Action Taken |
10/13/2006 |
NFA requested that the Commission amend its Part 4 regulations to require that notices claiming exemption or exclusion be filed electronically with NFA through its electronic filing system. The Commission proposed changes on October 13, 2006 and adopted final regulations on January 16, 2007. |
4 |
| National Futures Association |
Petition for Rulemaking |
Elec. filing of CPO and CTA disclosure documents |
Action Taken |
03/05/2009 |
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3 |
| National Futures Association |
Petition for Rulemaking |
Electronic filing of commodity pool annual reports |
Action Taken |
12/15/2005 |
The petition requested that the Commission amend Regulation 4.22(c) to require that commodity pool annual reports filed by registered CPOs be required to be submitted to NFA through its electronic filing system. The Commission proposed these changes on December 15, 2005, and adopted final regulations on February 22, 2006. |
4 |
| National Rural Electric Cooperative Association et al. |
4(c) Action |
Petition for relief from requirements of the CEA |
Action Taken |
03/28/2013 |
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2 |
| Natural Gas Exchange Inc. |
Request for Amended Order |
Petition for Amended DCO Order |
Action Taken |
03/20/2013 |
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1 |
| New York Mercantile Exchange |
1a(12)(C) Determination |
Request order for floor members to be ECPs |
Action Taken |
10/03/2006 |
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2 |
| New York Portfolio Clearing, LLC |
4d Action |
Order authorizing non-proprietary cross-margining |
Action Taken |
08/03/2012 |
Order authorizing NYPC to implement a non-proprietary cross-margining program with FICC; effective August 3, 2012. |
1 |
| Nodal Clear, LLC |
Request for Amended Order |
Request for Amended DCO Registration Order |
Action Taken |
06/15/2017 |
Request to amend order of registration as a DCO to provide clearing services for physically settled futures and options on futures. |
4 |
| North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. |
Request for Amended Order |
Amended DCO Order to Clear Intermediated Trades |
Action Taken |
03/30/2010 |
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1 |
| North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. |
Request for Amended Order |
Requests Amended DCM Order to Allow Intermediation |
Action Taken |
03/30/2010 |
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2 |
| NQLX LLC Futures Exchange |
Request to Vacate |
NQLX seeks vacation from its order of designation |
Action Taken |
10/29/2010 |
On June 16, 2010, NYSE Euronext, the ultimate parent of NQLX requested that the status of NQLX as a designated contract market be vacated and set aside by the CFTC. Comments with respect to this request were due by August 6, 2010. NQLX was originally designated as a DCM in August 2001. On July 1, 2005, it met the definition of a "dormant" DCM and since that time has remained inactive. NYSE Euronext intended that NQLX be merged into an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, on or about September 20, 2010. |
0 |
| NYMEX Clearing House |
4d Action |
Treatment of Customer Funds re: DME |
Action Taken |
05/23/2007 |
The Commission issued an order under Section 4d of the Commodity Exchange Act allowing the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and registered futures commission merchants to hold Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) customer positions and associated funds in segregated accounts. The order is limited to the following contracts traded on the DME: the physically delivered Oman Sour Crude futures contract, the cash-settled West Texas Intermediate-Oman Financial Spread futures contract and the Brent-Oman Financial Spread futures contract. |
1 |
| NYMEX Clearing House |
4d Action |
Clearing of OTC Contracts |
Action Taken |
05/30/2002 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX Clearing House |
4d Action |
Clearing of OTC Contracts-Amended Order |
Action Taken |
02/10/2004 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX Clearing House |
4d Action |
Treatment of Funds for NYMEX Europe Transactions |
Action Taken |
09/06/2005 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX Clearing House |
1a(12)(C) Determination |
Order amended to transfer clearing services to CME |
Action Taken |
08/06/2012 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX Clearing House |
4d Action |
NYMEX Request to Amend DME 4d Order |
Action Taken |
04/30/2008 |
|
1 |
| OneChicago LLC Futures Exchange |
Petition for Rulemaking |
Request to lower margin from 20% to 15% for SFPs |
Withdrawn |
09/18/2020 |
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1 |
| Options Clearing Corporation |
No-Action |
Limited waiver of enforcement of OCC Bylaws Rules |
Action Taken |
06/04/2012 |
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2 |
| Options Clearing Corporation |
4d Action |
Internal Cross Margining |
Action Taken |
11/05/2004 |
|
1 |
| Options Clearing Corporation |
4(c) Action |
4(c) Request re: CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index |
Action Taken |
12/23/2010 |
|
6 |
| Options Clearing Corporation |
Request for Amended Order |
Amended Order of DCO Registration |
Action Taken |
02/26/2008 |
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1 |
| Options Clearing Corporation |
4d Action |
Amend 2004 Cross-Margin Order |
Action Taken |
04/05/2012 |
Request for an Order Permitting Commingling of Affiliate Funds in an Internal Cross Margining Account |
1 |
| Pacific Futures Exchange |
Request to Vacate |
Request to Vacate PFE DCM Designation |
Action Taken |
04/21/2008 |
On January 17, 2008, the Pacific Futures Exchange ( PFE) requested under CEA Section 7 that the CFTC vacate PFEs contract market designation as of April 21, 2008. PFE currently is not operational. PFE was orginally designated as a contract market on July 22, 1986 and the only authorized contract was the PSE Technology Stock Index future, for which trading was never initiated. |
1 |
| Prudential Financial, Inc.; Symetra Life Insurance Company; Voya Financial, Inc. |
4(c) Action |
Insurance Cos-4(c) Exemptive Relief Req 6-20-19 |
Withdrawn |
08/24/2022 |
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1 |
| RTOs/ISOs |
4(c) Action |
Request from RTOs/ISOs for 4(c)(6) exemption |
Action Taken |
03/28/2013 |
A final order was issued on March 28, 2013 and published in the Federal Register on April 2, 2013. An amended order was issued on October 18, 2016. |
19 |
| Southwest Power Pool, Inc. |
4(c) Action |
Application for 4(c) Exemption |
Action Taken |
10/18/2016 |
|
22 |
| Working Group of Commercial Energy Firms |
4a(a)(7) Petition |
Exemptive relief - bona fide hedging transactions. |
Pending |
01/20/2012 |
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15 |
| Working Group of Commercial Energy Firms |
4a(a)(7) Petition |
exemptive relief - position limit aggregation |
Pending |
01/19/2012 |
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