Granting time-limited no-action relief to [“A”] permitting its Irish bank subsidiary, [“B”], to act as reporting counterparty for [“B”]’s swaps with U.S. persons that are not swap dealers (“SDs”) or major swap participants (“MSPs”), notwithstanding the allocation of reporting responsibility set forth in Commission Regulation 45.8(e).

Extension of no-action relief granted in CFTC Letter No. 17-37, which granted relief from compliance with certain position aggregation requirements in Commission Regulation 150.4.

This staff letter ensures that existing regulatory relief provided by DSIO, DMO, and DCR pursuant to certain existing staff letters affecting EU entities continues to be available for UK entities following Brexit.

No-action relief granted to ensure the continued availability, following Brexit, of regulatory relief under certain existing CFTC comparability determinations and exemption orders originally issued by the CFTC for EU entities, while CFTC staff undertakes an analysis of UK law in order to make appropriate recommendations of comparability or exemption to the CFTC.

This no-action letter provides relief from compliance with certain position aggregation requirements under Commission Regulation 150.4. 

This no-action letter provides relief from compliance with certain position aggregation requirements under Commission Regulation 150.4.   

Advisory for exchanges and clearinghouses with respect to Virtual Currency Derivative Product Listings.

The staff letter confirms that, for purposes of applying the position limits set forth in CFTC Regulation 150.2, when an institutional investor qualifies for the Regulation 150.4(b)(1) exemption from position aggregation with respect to their investment in a fund, the institutional investor is not required to look through its investment in a fund to aggregate commodity interest positions of an underlying portfolio company in which the institutional investor may hold a 10 percent or greater indirect interest (via its investment in the fund).  

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.

No action letter extending relief from section 2(h)(8) of the Commission Exchange Act for any eligible affiliate counterparty that executes a swap transaction with another eligible affiliate counterparty.