CFTC Staff Letters

A CPO requested exemptive relief from the annual report requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3), to allow it to file an annual report for its exempt pool for the period from August 1, 2015, the date the pool began trading, to December 31, 2016. DSIO granted relief conditioned upon the future filing and distribution of a certified Annual Report for the period from August 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016.

Exemptive relief granted to a CPO of a pool from the audit requirement of Commission regulation 4.22(d) with respect to the pool’s 2015 annual report. 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 2015 annual report of the pool. The CPO has provided a waiver from the sole participant of the pool.

No-action relief for Eurex Clearing AG with regard to Regulation 1.20(g)(4), and an exemption from the requirements of Regulation 1.49(d)(3) for customer accounts held at the Deutsche Bundesbank.

Exemptive Relief to Finisterre from 4.22 to Use IFRS

Exemptive Relief to Gavea from 4.22 to Use IFRS

Exemptive Relief to ABD from 4.22 to Use IFRS

Relief from the audit requirement of Commission regulation 4.22(d) for A with respect to B. You request on behalf of A, the commodity pool operator (the CPO) for B (the Pool), relief from the requirement in Commission regulation 4.22(d) to have an independent public accountant audit the financial statements in the Pools annual report for fiscal year 2014.

Request on behalf of A, that A receive the relief provided in CFTC Staff Letter No. 15-44 with respect to the additional pools listed in Appendix A (the Additional Pools) for which A serves as their registered commodity pool operator. Specifically, with respect to the Additional Pools, you request relief from the requirement in Commission regulation 4.7(b)(2) for a CPO to distribute to pool participants quarterly account statements within 30 days of the end of the quarter.

Request for Relief from Presenting Annual Reports in Accordance with A. May 19, 2015 letter to the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, and amended by subsequent correspondence on September 11, 2015, requesting on behalf of B, the commodity pool operator of C (the Pool), requesting that the CPO be granted relief to use D in lieu of A in the preparation of the financial reports for the Pool.