CFTC Staff Letters

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.

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.

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight is issuing a no-action letter that would permit IBs, CPOs, and CTAs to rely on the exemption from registration in Commission Regulation 3.10(c)(3)(i) if their activities include swaps that are not subject to a Commission clearing requirement even if such swaps are not submitted for clearing through a registered FCM.

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight provided no-action relief from CPO and CTA registration to the Board of Trustees of a pension plan group trust comprised of two plans: one that is a “qualifying entity” under Regulation 4.5, and another that is “not construed to be a pool” under that same rule.