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

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.