DSIO denied a CPO’s request for exemptive relief from the audited annual report requirement for its pools because Division staff concluded that avoiding the audit could be disadvantageous for participants. 

No-Action Extension of no-action relief originally granted by DMO on December 19, 2016 to counterparties clearing swaps through derivatives clearing organizations acting under exemptive or no-action relief from certain reporting obligations for cleared swaps under Part 45 of the Commissions regulations.

Conditional time-limited no-action relief from filing certain Ownership and Control Reports (OCR) required by Parts 17, 18 and 20 of the Commission’s Regulations.

Exemption from specified Part 39 regulations applicable to derivatives clearing organizations due to LedgerX’s fully-collateralized clearing model.

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

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

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 CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight further extends time-limited, conditional masking no-action relief provided in CFTC Letters 16-03 and 16-33 permitting Part 45 and Part 46 reporting counterparties to mask legal entity identifiers, other enumerated identifiers and other identifying terms, and permitting Part 20 reporting entities to mask identifying information in certain enumerated jurisdictions, in each case subject to conditions.

Exemptive Relief from the Requirement in Commission Regulation 4.22(c)(7) to Obtain Participant Waivers to provide Unaudited Financial Statements when Liquidating a Series of a Registered Investment Company