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 17-09 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1)
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief granted to an entity from registering as a CPO with respect to a commodity pool; provided, that it delegates its CPO responsibilities to a registered CPO, subject to certain conditions.


PDF Image 17-08 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1)
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief granted to an entity from registering as a CPO with respect to a commodity pool; provided, that it delegates its CPO responsibilities to a registered CPO, subject to certain conditions.


PDF Image 17-07 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1)
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief granted to an entity from registering as a CPO with respect to a commodity pool; provided, that it delegates its CPO responsibilities to a registered CPO, subject to certain conditions.


PDF Image 17-06 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DMO
Regulation Parts: 150.4
Tags: Aggregation, Positions
Issuance Date:
Description:

Time-Limited No-Action Relief, until 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on August 14, 2017, from compliance with the notice filing requirements of Commission Regulation 150.4(c), as effective February 14, 2017.


PDF Image 17-05 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 23.151, 23.152, 23.153, 23.154, 23.155, 23.156, 23.157, 23.158, 23.159, 23.161
Tags: Compliance, Custodial, Initial, Margin, Requirements, Variation
Issuance Date:
Description:

CFTC staff issues time-limited no-action relief from rules on Margin for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers Operating in the European Union


PDF Image 17-04 Letter Type: Exemption
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4.22
Tags: Pool Participant, Reporting
Issuance Date:
Description:

Exemptive Relief from the Requirement in Commission Regulation 4.22(c)(7) to Obtain Participant Waivers to provide Unaudited Financial Statements when Liquidating a Series of a Registered Investment Company


PDF Image 17-03 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 22.17
Tags: Cleared Swaps, Collateral
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action position of DSIO with respect to withdrawals of residual interest related to margin deficits prior to required segregation computation under Commission Regulation 22.17(b).


PDF Image 17-02 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action letter permitting, subject to certain conditions, the CPO of a pool comprised solely of sophisticated institutions that do not invest in the pool for the primary purpose of obtaining an investment return, but rather as part of their respective mandates to promote sustainable economic development to operate said pool without registering as a CPO.


PDF Image 17-01 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4m(1)
Tags: CPO, CTA, Interstate
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief granted to an entity from registering as a CPO with respect to several commodity pools; provided, that it delegates its CPO responsibilities to a registered CPO, subject to certain conditions.