14-73
Title: 14-73
Time-limited no-action relief from compliance with the quarterly risk reporting requirement under Regulation 23.600(c)(2) for any fiscal quarters ending on or before July 31, 2014.
Time-limited no-action relief from compliance with the quarterly risk reporting requirement under Regulation 23.600(c)(2) for any fiscal quarters ending on or before July 31, 2014.
Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Members of Designated Contract Markets and Swap Execution Facilities that Are Not Registered with the Commission from the Requirement to Record Written Communications, Pursuant to Commission Regulation 1.35(a), in Connection with the Execution of a Transaction in a Commodity Interest and Related Cash or Forward Transactions
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted no-action relief from the requirement to register as a commodity pool operator to a Delegating CPO that requested the relief in accordance with the streamlined approach described in CFTC Staff Letter No. 14-69.
Extension of conditional time-limited no-action relief for Yieldbroker Pty Limited with regard to Section 5h(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission Regulation 37.3(a)(1).
Time-limited no-action relief for OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited with regard to Sections 5b(a) and 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act and implementing regulations thereunder.
An insurance company requested no-action relief from the Division, in order to allow the company to provide reinsurance of pension plans’ longevity risks through multi-step “Interposed Longevity Reinsurance Transactions,” without such reinsurance being considered as insurance or a guarantee of a swap. Based on the company’s specific fact pattern, the Division found that the use of derivatives in the Interposed Longevity Reinsurance Transaction serves merely as a conduit for longevity risk coverage and payments made pursuant to a bona fide reinsurance transaction.
DMO and DCR issued no-action relief, providing the phased-in compliance for package transactions which include at least one swap that has been made available to trade and is therefore subject to the trade execution requirement as well as no-action relief for the clearing of package transactions.
Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Certain Members of Swap Execution Facilities and Designated Contract Markets from the Requirement to Record Oral Communications, Pursuant to Commission Regulation 1.35(a), in Connection with the Execution of Swap Transactions
The investment manager of a cash collateralized loan obligation (CLO) transaction requested, and DSIO granted pursuant to Regulation 140.99, a no action position from DSIO that it would not recommend that the Commission commence an enforcement action for its failure to register as a commodity trading advisor with respect to the advice provided to the CLO.
No-action relief regarding format of acknowledgment letters and format and content of daily reports for DCO winding down operations in anticipation of vacating its DCO registration.