CFTC Staff Letters

No-action relief from the trade execution requirement to facilitate an orderly transition from the inter-bank offered rates to alternative risk-free rates.

No-action relief to facilitate an orderly transition of swaps from inter-bank offered rates to alternative benchmarks.

Staff Time-Limited No-Action Position Regarding Application of Minimum Transfer Amount under the Uncleared Margin Rules

Revised no-action relief for the European Stability Mechanism from the swap clearing requirement in Section 2(h)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission Regulations 50.2 and 50.4.

Revised no-action position with respect to uncleared swaps with the European Stability Mechanism under Commission Regulations 23.150-159, 23.161.

No-action relief was granted to an entity from the statutory disqualification condition of CFTC Staff Letter No. 12-70 with repsect to its affiliate support activities.

No-action relief was granted to an entity from the requirement to register as a CPO with respect to a commodity pool; provided that, the entity delegates its CPO responsibilities for that pool to a registered CPO, subject to certain conditions.

Extension of no-action relief granted in CFTC Letter No. 17-37, which granted relief from compliance with certain position aggregation requirements in Commission Regulation 150.4.

Advisory to FCMs and time-limited no-action relief to DCOs with respect to the treatment of separate accounts by FCMs.

No-action relief from specified Part 39 regulations applicable to derivatives clearing organizations due to Eris Clearing, LLC’s fully-collateralized clearing model.