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 or Switzerland

The Division of Market Oversight is issuing a no-action letter that extends the relief provided in Letter No. 15-60 by permitting swap execution facilities (“SEFs”) to provide for the use of a non-Order Book trading system or platform to execute block trades for swaps that are intended to be cleared, subject to certain conditions.

Exemptive relief for a CPO to prepare financial statements in accordance with Luxembourg GAAP in lieu of US GAAP

Exemptive relief for a CPO from auditing a pool’s 2015 annual report.

The CPO of an exempt commodity pool requested relief permitting it to file for the pool a 15-month audited Annual Report, in order to facilitate the pool’s recent change in fiscal year.

Exemptive relief for a CPO from auditing a pool’s 2015 annual report.

Exemptive relief for a CPO from auditing a pool’s 2015 annual report.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of a fund complex from: (1) Filing with NFA and distributing to the participants of the Intermediate Fund an audited annual report of the Feeder Fund; and (2) Filing with NFA Form CPO-PQR for the Intermediate Fund. This relief allows the CPO to prepare one audited annual report and one CPO-PQR at the Feeder Fund-level for both the Feeder Fund and the Intermediate Fund.

The CPO of an exempt commodity pool with three participants, all of whom are managing members of the CPO, requested relief from the audit requirement in Regulations 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d)(1). DSIO granted relief for the pool’s 2015 annual report, conditioned upon the filing and distribution of an uncertified annual report for the 2015 fiscal year that otherwise complies with Regulation 4.7(b)(3).

The CPO of an exempt commodity pool requested relief from the audit requirement in Regulation 4.22(d)(1), on the basis that the pool’s two participants are owners of the CTA managing the pool assets. DSIO granted relief for the 2015 annual report, conditioned upon the filing and distribution of an uncertified 2015 annual report that otherwise complies with Regulation 4.7(b)(3).