CFTC Staff Letters

The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) herein extends existing no-action relief from requirements in sections 2(h)(8) and 5(d)(9) of Commodity Exchange Act (CEA or the Act) and from requirements in Commission Regulations 37.3(a)(2) and 37.9 for swaps executed as part of certain package transactions.

The Division of Clearing and Risk extended the no-action relief granted in CFTC Letter 14-156 to Eurex Clearing and its U.S. clearing members with regard to Sections 5b(a) and 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act. The time-limited no-action relief is subject to several conditions.

The Division of Clearing and Risk, Division of Market Oversight, and the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are extending the expiration date of the no-action relief previously granted to Southwest Power Pool, Inc..

The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) is issuing a no-action letter that provides additional time for reporting parties to comply with certain reporting requirements of the ownership and control final rule (the OCR Final Rule), which was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2013. Conditional Time-Limited No-Action Relief from certain Ownership and Control (OCR) Data reporting requirements under Parts 17, 18 and 20 of the Commissions Regulations: Replaces CFTC No-Action Letter No. 15-03

Extension of No-Action Relief: Transaction-Level Requirements for Non-U.S. Swap Dealers

No-Action letter permitting, subject to certain conditions, the CPO of a pool organized as a UCITS that holds funds contributed by employees of its U.S. management company to operate said pool and its subfunds without registering as a CPO.

Further extension of no-action relief originally granted by DMO on December 17, 2012 (previously extended on June 26, 2013 and June 30, 2014) to SD and MSP reporting counterparties for cleared swaps from valuation data reporting required in section 45.4(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission’s regulations.

No-Action Relief from Introducing Broker and Commodity Trading Advisor registration for persons located outside the United States in connection with certain activities for customers that are International Financial Institutions.

Extension of conditional time-limited no-action relief for Yieldbroker Pty Limited with regard to Section 5h(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission Regulation 37.3(a)(1) until October 15, 2015.

Conditional no-action relief with respect to swaps trading on certain financial markets that are licensed in Australia and overseen by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC).