Granting time-limited no-action relief to [“A”] permitting its Irish bank subsidiary, [“B”], to act as reporting counterparty for [“B”]’s swaps with U.S. persons that are not swap dealers (“SDs”) or major swap participants (“MSPs”), notwithstanding the allocation of reporting responsibility set forth in Commission Regulation 45.8(e).

The Division of Market Oversight is issuing a no-action letter that extends Letter No. 16-25 and provides relief from: (1) the requirement that a SEF obtain documents that are incorporated by reference in a confirmation issued under Commission Regulation 37.6(b) prior to issuing the confirmation; (2) the requirement that a SEF maintain such documents as records; and (3) the requirement that a SEF report terms contained in such documents that are confirmation data.

The Division of Market Oversight is issuing a no-action letter that extends Letter No. 15-25 and provides relief from: (1) the requirement that a SEF obtain documents that are incorporated by reference in a confirmation issued under Commission Regulation 37.6(b) prior to issuing the confirmation; (2) the requirement that a SEF maintain such documents as records; and (3) the requirement that a SEF report terms contained in such documents that are confirmation data.

The Division of Market Oversight is issuing Guidance to swap execution facilities regarding the calculation of projected operating costs or expenses for the purpose of meeting the financial resource requirements under SEF Core Principle 13 and Commission Regulation 37.1303 and clarifies that commissions paid employee-brokers, calculated as a percentage of transaction revenue, do not have to be included in the calculation.

The Division of Market Oversight is issuing a no-action letter that extends No-Action Letter 14-108 and continues to provide relief from (1) the requirement that a SEF obtain documents that are incorporated by reference in confirmations issued under Commission Regulation 37.6(b) prior to issuing the confirmation, and (2) the requirement that a SEF maintain such documents as records. In addition, the division is providing relief from the requirement set forth in Commission Regulation 45.3(a) that SEFs report terms contained in the agreements that are confirmation data.

The Division of Market Oversight and the Division of Clearing and Risk issued a letter stating that they will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited for failure to comply with the applicable swap data reporting requirements of part 45 Commission Regulations

The Division of Market Oversight issued time-limited, no-action relief from the post-allocation swap timing requirement of section 45.3(e)(ii)(A) of the Commission’s regulations.