CFTC Staff Letters

Exemptive relief from the requirement in Commission regulation 4.7(b)(2) to distribute quarterly account statements to participants within 30 days after the end of each quarter. Instead, the operator will provide the information required to be contained in a quarterly account statement on a monthly basis, and within 45 days after the end of each month.

No-Action 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.

No-Action Extension of no-action relief originally granted by DMO on December 19, 2016 to counterparties clearing swaps through derivatives clearing organizations acting under exemptive or no-action relief from certain reporting obligations for cleared swaps under Part 45 of the Commissions regulations.

No-Action  CFTC staff issues time limited no-action relief to Shorcan Energy Brokers Inc. and its associated persons for introducing broker and associated person registration.

Staff no-action position regarding the treatment of a deferred tax liability caused by a change in accounting principles.

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.