The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted no-action relief to a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) of three funds (a publicly-traded Parent, a Subsidiary that is approximately 99% owned by the Parent and approximately 1% owned by fund insiders, and a Trading Vehicle wholly-owned by the Subsidiary) from: (1) Filing with the National Futures Association (“NFA”) and distributing to the insider participants of the Subsidiary an audited annual report of the Subsidiary; (2) Distributing periodic statements of the Subsidiary to the insider participants of the Subsidiary; (3) Fili

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted exemptive relief from the financial statement requirements of Commission regulations 4.22 and the disclosure requirements of Commission regulation 4.24(s) to the commodity pool operator (the “CPO”) of an insurance-linked securitization vehicle (the “ILS Vehicle”) with respect to the ILS Vehicle; provided, that the CPO satisfies certain conditions for relief relating to the management of the ILS Vehicle, the disclosure of additional information concerning the ILS Vehicle, and the calculation of the net asset value of the ILS Vehi

CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issues time-limited no-action relief from certain requirements of Part 45 and Part 46 of the Commission’s regulations, for Certain Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants established under the laws of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Switzerland

Extension of No-Action Relief: Transaction-Level Requirements for Non-U.S. Swap Dealers

The CPO of a commodity pool operating pursuant to an exemption under Regulation 4.7 requested exemptive relief from the requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d) that the financial statements in the pools annual report be audited. The CPO submitted waivers from all of the pools participants evidencing their consent to the relief requested. DSIO granted relief pursuant to Commission regulations 140.93 and 4.12(a) conditioned upon the filing and distribution of an uncertified Annual Report for fiscal year 2013 that otherwise complies with the provisions of Regulation 4.7(b)(3).

Time-limited no-action relief to allow Southwest Airlines and its counterparties additional time for public reporting of long-dated Brent and WTI crude oil swap and swaption contracts executed by or with Southwest Airlines.

Exemption from requirement that a pool’s financial statement be audited by independent public accountants.

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted the exemptive relief provided in CFTC Staff Letter 14-49 for additional commodity pools of that commodity pool operator that satisfied the conditions of that letter.

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 CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issued an extension of no-action letter 13-86, which provided relief in connection with certain CDS trades executed pursuant to a DCO’s CDS Settlement Price Process, providing time-limited no-action relief to DCOs and their Clearing Members from the SEF Registration Requirement and Trading Mandate under Part 37, and from various reporting requirements under Part 45, allowing the DCO to fulfill the Reporting Counterparty’s Obligations.