CFTC Staff Letters

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

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PDF Image 13-88 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 1a(10)
Tags: Commodity Pool
Issuance Date:
Description:

No action relief to an entity and its affiliates for their failure to register as CPOs of pools holding volume production payment instruments, which issue debt or debt-like instruments, and which use swaps to hedge commodity market risk and interest rate exposure.


PDF Image 13-85 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 3.3
Tags: CCO
Issuance Date:
Description:

Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Certain Swap Dealers from Compliance with the Requirements of Commission Regulation 3.3 Relating to Annual Reports by Chief Compliance Officers


PDF Image 13-84 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 3.3
Tags: CCO
Issuance Date:
Description:

Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants from Compliance with the Timing Requirements of Commission Regulation 3.3(f)(2) Relating to Annual Reports by Chief Compliance Officers


PDF Image 13-83 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO, DCR, DMO
Regulation Parts: 1.3(ggg)(4)
Tags: De Minimis, Exception, Swap Dealer
Issuance Date:
Description:

Time-Limited No-Action Relief from Certain Regulations Applicable to Swap Dealers During Pendency of De-Registration Application


PDF Image 13-82 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 1.10, 1.17
Tags: FCM, Financial Reports, IB
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief for certain Introducing Brokers from filing certified and unaudited financial statements and calculating capital under regulation 1.17.


PDF Image 13-80 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 1.3(ggg)(6)
Tags: Swap Dealer, Swaps
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-Action Relief from Certain Conditions of the Swap Dealer Exclusion for Registered Floor Traders


PDF Image 13-79 Letter Type: Advisories
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 4
Tags: CPO, CTA
Issuance Date:
Description:

Staff Advisory Concerning Commodity Trading Advisors and Swaps


PDF Image 13-78 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 23.600, 23.608, 23.609
Tags: MSP, SD, Swap Dealer
Issuance Date:
Description:

Time-Limited No-Action Letter from Certain Entity-Level Internal Business Conduct Requirements for Certain Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Established under the Laws of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, and Switzerland.


PDF Image 13-77 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO, DMO
Regulation Parts: 1.35
Tags: Cash, Forward
Issuance Date:
Description:

Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Certain Members of Swap Execution Facilities from the Requirement to Record Oral Communications Pursuant to Commission Regulation 1.35(a).


PDF Image 13-72 Letter Type: No-Action
Division: DSIO
Regulation Parts: 1.35
Tags: Cash, Forward
Issuance Date:
Description:

No-action relief for certain branch office operations of CHS Hedging, Inc. and MID-CO Commodities, Inc. with regard to the oral recording requirements of Regulation 1.35(a)(1).