CFTC Staff Letters

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

PDF Description
PDF Image 17-56 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 1.9, 1.20, 1.26, 22.5
Tags: Acknowledgement, Customer, FCM, Funds, Segregated
Issuance Date:
Description:

The Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) granted no-action relief to derivatives clearing organization Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) regarding use of modified acknowledgment letters tailored to the mechanics of CME’s liquidity facility in place of the form letters required by Regulations 1.20, 1.26, and 22.5.


PDF Image 17-55 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 37.3, 37.9
Tags: Execution, Registration
Issuance Date:
Description:

DMO is issuing a no-action letter that provides relief from the trade execution requirement for swap components of certain types of package transactions.


PDF Image 17-54 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 37.205
Tags: Audit
Issuance Date:
Description:

DMO is issuing a no-action letter which provides that, subject to certain conditions the Division will not recommend enforcement action against a swap execution facility which does not capture post-execution allocation information in its audit trail or conduct audit trail reviews of post-execution allocations.


PDF Image 17-53 Letter Type: Exemption
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4.7
Tags:
Issuance Date:
Description:

Exemptive Relief from certain Commission Regulation 4.7 reporting obligations as they relate to disclosure to pool participants


PDF Image 17-52 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 23.153
Tags: Margin, Variation
Issuance Date:
Description:

CFTC staff issues no-action relief for swap dealers from posting and collecting variation margin when entering into swaps with certain special purpose vehicles in existence prior to March 1, 2017.


PDF Image 17-51 Letter Type: Interpretative
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 2(a)(1)(C), 5b(c)(2)(E), 22.3, 39.14
Tags: Cleared Swaps, Collateral, Core Principles, Jurisdiction, SEC, Settlement
Issuance Date:
Description:

Interpretation of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations regarding the characterization of variation margin payments and all other cash flows for cleared swaps.


PDF Image 17-50 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1)
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

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.


PDF Image 17-49 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1), 4.20
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate, Prohibited
Issuance Date:
Description:

Subject to the conditions outlined in the letter, the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) granted no-action relief from commodity pool operator (CPO) and commodity trading advisor (CTA) registration to a group of five private universities with respect to the commingled accounts and collective investment vehicles they operate to manage assets belonging to their endowments, graduate and professional schools, and other university supporting organizations, as well as multiple charitable planned giving account structures offered to alumni and other donors.


PDF Image 17-48 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1)
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief to an entity for its failure to register as CPO or CTA with respect to its pool holding swaps to hedge commodity market price risk involved in the pool’s ownership of interests in crude oil and natural gas producing properties.


PDF Image 17-47 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1)
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief granted to two entities from registering as CPOs with respect to a commodity pool; provided, that they delegate their CPO responsibilities to a registered CPO, subject to certain conditions.