CFTC Staff Letters

Clarification on language in CFTC Staff Letter No. 13-51.

Interpretative relief from the definition of “commodity pool” for certain real estate holding companies.

No action letter extending relief from section 2(h)(8) of the Commission Exchange Act for any eligible affiliate counterparty that executes a swap transaction with another eligible affiliate counterparty.

No-action letter extending the time-limitation contained in an alternative compliance framework available to certain affiliated counterparties pursuant to Commission regulation 50.52(b)(4)(ii)-(iii), extending the time-limitation permitting certain affiliated counterparties located in Australia and Mexico to use the compliance framework under regulation 50.52(b)(4)(ii), and providing analogous relief to certain affiliated counterparties located in Canada, Hong Kong, and Switzerland.

A futures commission merchant (FCM), swap dealer (SD), or introducing broker (IB) that receives separate compensation for commodity trading advice is not required to register as a commodity trading advisor, provided that the offered advice is “solely incidental” to the conduct of the FCM’s or SD’s business, or “solely in connection with” the operation of the IB’s business.

CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issues time-limited no-action relief from certain requirements of part 45 and part 46 of the commission’s regulations, for certain swap dealers and major swap participants established under the laws of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan or Switzerland.

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

Extension of time-limited no-action relief for Shanghai Clearing House with regard to Section 5b(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission Regulations thereunder

DMO is providing no-action relief to provide 30 additional calendar days for swap execution facilities to concurrently file their chief compliance officer annual compliance reports and fourth quarter financial reports with the Commission

DMO is issuing a no-action letter that extends relief from the requirement that block trades be executed away from a SEF.