CFTC Staff Letters

CFTC Staff Letters provides Letters from 2008 and later. For Letters published before 2008 visit the Letters Archive page.

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PDF Image 17-29 Letter Type: Exemption
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4.7(b)(3)
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Exemptive relief granted to a CPO from filing with NFA and distributing to participants annual reports for certain pools, subject to certain conditions.


PDF Image 17-28 Letter Type: Exemption
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4.7(b)(3)
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Exemptive relief granted to a CPO from filing with NFA and distributing to participants annual reports for certain pools, subject to certain conditions.


PDF Image 17-27 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 37.9, 37.203, 38, 38.152, 38.500
Tags: Abusive, Core Principles, DCM, Enforcement, Execution, Trading
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No-action relief that extends the relief provided in Letter No. 16-58 by permitting SEFs and DCMs to address clerical or operational errors that cause a swap to be rejected from clearing.


PDF Image 17-26 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 5b(a)
Tags: DCO, Registration
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Extension of time-limited no-action relief for Shanghai Clearing House with regard to the requirement to register as a DCO in order to clear swaps for US persons.


PDF Image 17-25 Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 37.1303, 38.1101
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Guidance clarifying the expenses that must be included and those that can be reasonably excluded in a DCM’s or SEF’s calculation of projected operating costs.


PDF Image 17-24 Letter Type: Exemption
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4.7, 4.33
Tags: CPO, Exemption, Recordkeeping
Issuance Date:
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Exemptive Relief from the Main Business Office Requirement in Commission Regulations 4.33 and 4.7(c)(2) to allow commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to use Third-party Recordkeepers.


PDF Image 17-23 Letter Type: Exemption
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4.7, 4.27
Tags: CPO, Exemption, Large Pool, Reporting
Issuance Date:
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Exemptive relief granted to a CPO from filing with NFA and distributing to NFA annual reports for certain subsidiary pools, subject to certain conditions.


PDF Image 17-22 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 23.151, 23.152, 23.153, 23.154, 23.155, 23.156, 23.157, 23.158, 23.159, 23.161
Tags: Compliance, Custodial, Initial, Margin, Variation
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Extension of time limited no-action position for swap dealers complying with European Union uncleared swap margin requirements.


PDF Image 17-21 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 39, 39.13
Tags: DCO, Risk
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Grant of no-action relief for Eurex Clearing AG with regard to Regulation 39.19(c)(3)(ii).


PDF Image 17-20 Letter Type: Exemption
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4.7(b)(3), 4.22
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Exemptive relief from the requirement in Commission Regulations 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(c) to provide an audited Annual Report and Financial Statements when liquidating a commodity pool, if the pool instead provides a combined 13 month Annual Report and Financial Statements.