Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of a pool from the audit requirements of Commission regulation 4.22(d) with respect to the financial statements in the 2014 annual report of the pool. The participants in the pool are the COO of the CPO and the COO’s self-directed IRA and the CPO has provided waivers from the participants.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of a pool from the audit requirements of Commission regulation 4.22(d) with respect to the financial statements in the annual reports of the pool. The participants in the pool are three charitable remainder trusts formed by the sole owner and CEO of the CPO, who is also the sole income beneficiary of the trusts. The trustee of the trusts is the President of the CPO. The CPO has provided a waiver from the trustee.

Exemptive relief that was provided in CFTC Staff Letters 14-35 and 14-36 with respect to the requirements of Commission regulations 4.21, 4.22, and 4.25 was extended to the successor CPO of the trusts and series in those letters, subject to certain conditions, including the following: (1) the material business terms of the trusts and series do not change; (2) the investment experience of the shareholders does not change; (3) the only material change is the substitution of the CPO; (4) the representations made by the CPO in CFTC Letters 14-35 and 14-36 remain applicable; and (5) the successo

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of certain segregated series of a pool that began operations in July 2014 from the audit requirements of Commission regulation 4.22(d) with respect to the financial statements in the 2014 annual reports of the segregated series. Each segregated series has one participant and the CPO has provided waivers from the participant in each segregated series.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of a segregated portfolio of a pool from the audit requirements of Commission regulation 4.22(d)with respect to the financial statements in the 2014 annual report of the segregated portfolio. The CPO has provided a waiver from the sole participant of the segregated portfolio.

The CPO of a commodity pool requested exemptive relief from Regulation 4.22(d)(1), which requires the financial statements included in Annual Reports to be audited. The CPO submitted waivers from all pool participants, consenting to receive an unaudited Annual Report. DSIO granted relief pursuant to Regulations 4.12(a) and 140.93 from Regulation 4.22(d), permitting the filing and distribution of an unaudited 2014 annual report.

The CPO of a commodity pool that began trading in June 2014 requested exemptive relief from Regulations 4.22(c) and (d). The CPO submitted waivers from all pool participants, which included two proprietary and three outside investors. DSIO granted relief pursuant to Regulations 4.12(a) and 140.93 from Regulation 4.22(d), permitting the filing and distribution of an unaudited 2014 annual report.

The CPO of a commodity pool operated pursuant to an exemption under Regulation 4.7 requested exemptive relief from the requirement in Regulation 4.22(d)(1) that the financial statements in the pool’s annual report be audited. The pool began operations in January 2014, and at the end of the 2014 fiscal year, had two proprietary participants.

The CPO of a commodity pool operated pursuant to an exemption under Regulation 4.7 requested relief from the requirements in Regulations 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d) to file and distribute to participants an annual report containing audited financial statements. Though initially marketed to outside investors, the pool became and will remain proprietary in nature, the participants being the CPO and accounts owned by the CPO’s managing member.

The CPO of a commodity pool operated pursuant to an exemption under Regulation 4.7 requested exemptive relief from the requirement in Regulations 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d)(1) that the financial statements in the pool’s annual report be audited. At the end of the 2014 fiscal year, the pool had just two participants, who are the partners of the CPO.