CFTC Staff Letters

CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief for Swap Dealers from Compliance with Commission Regulations on Margin for Uncleared Swaps with Respect to Uncleared Swaps with the European Stability Mechanism

Announcement of DMO review of all swaps reporting regulations, including opening of comment period. Overview of specific issues that DMO plans to address.

Relief from swap reporting and recordkeeping requirements applicable to Cantor Futures Exchange, L.P. (CX), Cantor Clearinghouse, L.P. and CX’s market participants

Relief from swap reporting and recordkeeping requirements applicable to North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Nadex) and Nadex’s market participants

No-action letter for CME Clearing Europe granting relief from obligations applicable to derivatives clearing organizations (DCO) during the wind-down period preceding impending vacation of its DCO registration.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO from filing with NFA and distributing to participants annual reports for certain pools, subject to certain conditions.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO from filing with NFA and distributing to participants annual reports for certain pools, subject to certain conditions.

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.

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.

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.