CFTC Staff Letters

No-action relief for Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, to operate a not-for-profit market for event contracts, and to offer event contracts to U.S. persons.

Staff issued an interpretation providing that a futures commission merchant (FCM) may credit a customer’s trading account for a margin payment upon the FCM’s initiation of a withdrawal from the customer’s bank account using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment processing system. The FCM also may consider such pending margin payments in computing its regulatory capital.

Exemption from requirement that a pool’s financial statement be audited by independent public accountants.

DSIO is issuing an extension of a previous no-action letter providing additional time for futures commission merchants (FCMs) to comply with Commission regulations requiring FCMs to obtain acknowledgement letters from certain depositories. DSIO will provide no-action relief until December 31, 2014.

This letter replaces letter 14-69. CEA Section 4m(1) – Self-Executing Registration No-Action Relief for Delegating CPOs when Certain Requirements are Satisfied

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted the exemptive relief provided in CFTC Staff Letter 14-49 for additional commodity pools of that commodity pool operator that satisfied the conditions of that letter.

No-action relief for LCH.Clearnet Limited with regard to Regulations 1.20(g)(4) and 22.5, and an exemption from the requirements of Regulation 1.49(d)(3) for customer accounts held at the Bank of England.

No-action relief for ICE Clear Europe Limited 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 Bank of England.

The Division of Market Oversight and the Division of Clearing and Risk issued a letter stating that they will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited for failure to comply with the applicable swap data reporting requirements of part 45 Commission Regulations

SEFs and DCMs will have time-limited no-action relief from Commission Regulation 37.9(a)(2) regarding methods of execution for required transactions, or Commission Regulations 37.203(a) and 38.152 that prohibit pre-arranged trading, if a SEF or DCM permits a new trade, with terms and conditions that match the terms and conditions of the original trade, other than the time of execution, to be submitted for clearing. This no-action relief shall commence on the date of issuance of this letter and shall expire on February 16, 2015.