CFTC Staff Letters

CFTC Staff Letters provides Letters from 2008 and later. For Letters published before 2008 visit the Letters Archive page.

PDF Description
PDF Image 16-80 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 2(h)(8), 50.52
Tags: Exemption, Swaps, Trade Execution
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action letter extending time-limited no-action relief, providing that the Division of Market Oversight will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against any eligible affiliate counterparty that executes a swap transaction with another eligible affiliate counterparty without complying with section 2(h)(8) of the Act.


PDF Image 16-79 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 45, 46
Tags: Recordkeeping, Reporting, Swap Data, Transition Swaps
Issuance Date:
Description:

Time-limited no-action relief from certain requirements of Part 45 and Part 46 of the Commission’s regulations for certain swap dealers and major swap participants established under the laws of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan or Switzerland


PDF Image 16-78 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 3.3
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Issuance Date:
Description:

No-Action relief from the timing requirements of Commission Regulation 3.3(f)(2) relating to annual reports by chief compliance officers.


PDF Image 16-77 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 3.3
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Issuance Date:
Description:

No-Action relief from the timing requirements of Commission Regulation 3.3(f)(2) relating to annual reports by chief compliance officers.


PDF Image 16-76 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 2(h)(8), 5(d)(9), 37.3, 37.9
Tags: Core Principles, Designation, Execution, Registration, Trade Execution
Issuance Date:
Description:

The Division of Market Oversight extended the no-action relief granted in CFTC Letter 15-55 for certain swaps required to be traded on a swap execution facility (SEF) or designated contract market (DCM) to the extent that those swaps were part of a package transaction.


PDF Image 16-75 Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 1.25
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Description:

Practical Application of No-Action Letter No. 16-68 Regarding Investments in Money Market Mutual Funds


PDF Image 16-74 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 43, 43.2
Tags: Public, Real-Time, Reporting
Issuance Date:
Description:

The Division of Market Oversight is issuing a no-action letter that extends the relief provided in Letter No. 15-60 by permitting swap execution facilities (“SEFs”) to provide for the use of a non-Order Book trading system or platform to execute block trades for swaps that are intended to be cleared, subject to certain conditions.


PDF Image 16-73 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO, DCR, DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4(c)
Tags: Foreign Transactions
Issuance Date:
Description:

Extension of Time-Limited No-Action Relief with Respect to Certain Commodity Exchange Act Provisions That May Apply to Southwest Power Pool, Inc. and/or Its Participants


PDF Image 16-72 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO, DSIO
Regulation Parts: 2(h)(8), 5h(a)(1), 23.501, 23.504, 37, 37.3
Tags: Registration, SEF, Swap, Trade Execution
Issuance Date:
Description:

Conditional no-action relief related to CFTC No-Action Letter No. 15-29 with respect to swaps trading on Yieldbroker Pty Limited


PDF Image 16-71 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DCR
Regulation Parts: 23
Tags: MSP, SD, Swap Dealer
Issuance Date:
Description:

Portfolio margining of uncleared swaps and security-based swaps.