The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) is issuing a no-action letter that provides additional time for reporting parties to comply with certain reporting requirements of the ownership and control final rule (the OCR Final Rule), which was published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2013. Conditional Time-Limited No-Action Relief from certain Ownership and Control (OCR) Data reporting requirements under Parts 17, 18 and 20 of the Commissions Regulations: Replaces CFTC No-Action Letter No. 15-03

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

DSIO provided a letter that exempts certain commodity trading advisors (CTAs) that are registered, but do not direct any client commodity interest accounts, from reporting on Form CTA-PR.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of a pool that had all of its participants redeem out in 2014 from the audit requirements of Commission regulation 4.22(d) with respect to the financial statements in the 2014 annual report of the pool that is filed with NFA.

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 CPO has provided a waiver from the sole outside participant of the pool.

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 CPO has provided a waiver from the sole participant of the pool.

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 CPO has provided a waiver from the sole participant of the pool.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of several pools organized in a three-level master-feeder structure from the audit requirements of Commission regulation 4.22(d) with respect to the financial statements in the 2014 annual reports of the pools.

Further extension of no-action relief originally granted by DMO on December 17, 2012 (previously extended on June 26, 2013 and June 30, 2014) to SD and MSP reporting counterparties for cleared swaps from valuation data reporting required in section 45.4(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission’s regulations.

Exemptive relief that was provided in CFTC Staff Letter 14-49 was granted with respect to: (1) additional proprietary commodity pools operated by a CPO referenced in that letter; and (2) a proprietary commodity pool operated by another CPO referenced in that letter. The CPOs provided the same representations provided in CFTC Staff Letter 14-49 and represented that they would comply with the conditions of the relief provided in that letter.