2025-05267
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 69 (Friday, April 11, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15394-15399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05267]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
17 CFR Chapter I
RIN 3038-AF31
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
17 CFR Parts 275 and 279
[Release No. IA-6865; File No. S7-22-22]
RIN 3235-AN13
Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge
Fund Advisers
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and
Exchange Commission.
ACTION: Joint final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and the
Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'') (collectively, ``we'' or
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``Commissions'') are adopting amendments to Form PF, the confidential
reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to
private funds, including those that also are registered with the CFTC
as a commodity pool operator (``CPO'') or commodity trading adviser
(``CTA''). The amendments correct certain errors in Form PF.
DATES: The amendments to Form PF are effective April 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SEC: John Cavanagh, Senior Counsel;
Jill Pritzker, Senior Counsel; or Robert Holowka, Branch Chief,
Investment Adviser Regulation Office, at (202) 551-6787, Division of
Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street
NE, Washington, DC 20549-8549.
CFTC: Pamela Geraghty, Acting Deputy Director; or Elizabeth
Groover, Special Counsel, at (202) 418-6700, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commissions are adopting amendments to
Form PF (17 CFR 279.9) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(``Advisers Act'').\1\
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\1\ 15 U.S.C. 80b. Unless otherwise noted, when we refer to the
Advisers Act, or any section of the Advisers Act, we are referring
to 15 U.S.C. 80b, at which the Advisers Act is codified, and when we
refer to rules under the Advisers Act, or any section of these
rules, we are referring to title 17, part 275 of the Code of Federal
Regulations [17 CFR part 275], in which these rules are published.
\2\ Congress enacted sections 404 and 406 of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (``Dodd-Frank
Act''), which require that private fund advisers file reports and
specified certain types of information that should be subject to
reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements. Public Law 111-203, 124
Stat. 1376 (2010). With respect to such reports, the Dodd-Frank Act
authorizes the SEC to require that private fund advisers file such
information ``as necessary and appropriate in the public interest
and for the protection of investors, or for the assessment of
systemic risk.'' The result of this enactment is Form PF, which is a
joint form between the SEC and CFTC only with respect to sections 1
and 2 of the Form.
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Agency Reference CFR citation
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CFTC & SEC...................... Form PF \2\..... 17 CFR 279.9.
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Table of Contents
I. Discussion
II. Procedural and Other Matters
III. Economic Analysis
Statutory Authority
I. Discussion
The Commissions are adopting amendments to Form PF, the
confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment
advisers to private funds (including those that also are registered
with the CFTC as CPOs or CTAs) to correct certain errors and incorrect
cross references. Additionally, these amendments incorporate certain of
the amendments that the SEC adopted on July 12, 2023, to Section 3 of
Form PF that were erroneously excluded from the version of Form PF that
was published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2024. Unless
otherwise indicated, such errors occurred in the Form PF amendments the
Commissions adopted on February 8, 2024.\3\ In this release, we refer
to the form as adopted on February 8, 2024, as the ``Final Form PF,''
and the form that remains in effect until the Final Form PF's
compliance date as the ``Current Form PF.'' \4\
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\3\ Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large
Hedge Fund Advisers, Release No. IA-6546 (Feb. 8, 2024) [89 FR 17984
(Mar. 12, 2024)] (``2024 Adopting Release,'' and the amendments
adopted thereunder, the ``2024 Amendments'').
\4\ On January 29, 2025, the Commissions extended the compliance
date for the Final Form PF, which was originally March 12, 2025, to
June 12, 2025. Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and
Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Extension of Compliance Date, Release No.
IA-6838 (Jan. 29, 2025) [90 FR 9007 (Feb. 5, 2025)].
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General Instruction 6
We are amending Instruction 6 to correct an erroneous omission of
the words ``do not'' before the instruction to ``report information for
any private fund advised by any of your related persons unless you have
identified that related person in Question 1(b) as a related person for
which you are filing Form PF.'' A nearly identical instruction is
contained in Instruction 5 of the Current Form PF, which states that
filers ``should not'' report that same information. Instruction 6,
however, was erroneously revised to instruct filers to report such
information. Such a revision was not discussed in the 2024 Adopting
Release and is inconsistent with Question 1(b), which requires filers
to provide certain information for each related person with respect to
which it is reporting. The final rule corrects Instruction 6, directing
filers: ``do not report information for any private fund advised by any
of your related persons unless you have identified that related person
in Question 1(b) as a related person for which you are filing Form PF''
(emphasis added).
Question 47
We are amending Question 47 to remove stray column headings for
reporting market factors that are ``Not relevant'' and ``Relevant/not
formally tested'' because they are no longer applicable. A nearly
identical question in Current Form PF (Question 42 therein) \5\
included a table reporting the effect of certain market factors on the
reporting fund's portfolio and had two columns to designate those
market factors that are either ``Not relevant'' and ``Relevant/not
formally tested.'' An instruction in the Current Form PF allowed an
adviser to omit from that table certain market factors and to check
either the box in the ``Not relevant'' column or the box in the
``Relevant/not formally tested'' column, as applicable. The Final Form
PF removes that instruction, and the 2024 Adopting Release specifically
discusses adopting requirements for advisers to qualifying hedge funds
to respond on Form PF to all market factors to which their portfolio is
directly exposed instead of being permitted to omit a response to any
market factor that they do not regularly consider in formal testing in
connection with the reporting fund's risk management.\6\ Furthermore,
an instruction was added in Question 47 in Final Form PF stating that
advisers should enter zero for market factors that have no direct
effect on the reporting fund's portfolio. Accordingly, we are removing
the ``Not relevant'' and ``Relevant/not formally tested'' column
headings that were erroneously retained from the Current Form PF.
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\5\ Question 47 was redesignated in the Final Form PF from
Question 42 in the Current Form PF.
\6\ See 2024 Adopting Release supra footnote 3, at 139.
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``Collateral Posted Entries'' and ``Collateral Received Entries''
The definitions of the terms ``collateral posted entries'' and
``collateral received entries'' included certain errors and incorrect
cross references that we are correcting. The definitions for the two
terms use similar wording and we are making certain similar changes in
both definitions as a result.
First, we are replacing erroneous references in both definitions to
a ``counterparty credit exposure and collateral table'' (which does not
exist in the Final Form PF) with the correct references to the
``consolidated counterparty exposure table.''
Second, in the definition of ``collateral posted entries,'' we are
correcting erroneous cross references to Questions 26 and 41 by
changing them to Questions 27 and 28 and Questions 42 and 43,
respectively. These new cross references contain the only uses of the
term ``collateral posted entries'' in the Final Form PF. For similar
reasons, we are correcting erroneous cross
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references to Questions 26 and 41 in the definition of ``collateral
received entries'' by changing them to Questions 28 and 43,
respectively, which contain the only uses of the term ``collateral
received entries.''
Third, in the second paragraph of the ``collateral posted entries''
definition (beginning ``For Question 41'' in Final Form PF), we are
correcting clauses ``(c)(ii)'' and ``(d)(ii)'' to become ``(c)(ii) and
(iii)'' and ``(d)(ii) and (iii),'' respectively, to align the reference
to ``government securities and other securities'' in the definition
with the corresponding rows in the consolidated counterparty exposure
table in Question 41. We are also fixing a minor typographical error in
this paragraph (correcting the reference ``(b)iii),'' to ``(b)(iii)'').
Finally, in the first paragraph of the ``collateral posted
entries'' definition (beginning ``For Question 26'' in Final Form PF),
we are adding the parenthetical ``(other than cash and cash
equivalents)'' after the words ``other securities'' in each of clauses
``(c)(ii)'' and ``(d)(ii).'' Similarly, in the second paragraph of the
same ``collateral posted entries'' definition (beginning ``For Question
41'' in Final Form PF), we are adding the same parenthetical ``(other
than cash and cash equivalents)'' following the words ``other
securities'' in clauses ``(b)iii), and (iv),'' \7\ ``(c)(ii),'' \8\ and
``(d)(ii).'' \9\ The corrected clauses refer to ``government securities
and other securities (other than cash and cash equivalents)'' to align
with the corresponding rows in the consolidated counterparty exposure
table in Questions 26 and 41. For similar reasons, we are adding the
parenthetical ``(other than cash and cash equivalents)'' after the
words ``other securities'' to clauses ``(c)(ii)'' and ``(d)(ii)'' in
the first paragraph of the ``collateral received entries'' definition
(beginning ``For Question 26'' in Final Form PF),\10\ and to clauses
``(b)(iii) and (iv),'' ``(c)(ii) and (iii),'' and ``(d)(ii) and (iii)''
in the second paragraph of that definition (beginning ``For Question
41'' in Final Form PF) so that the corrected clauses in the
``collateral received entries'' definition also refer to ``government
securities and other securities (other than cash and cash
equivalents).'' \11\
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\7\ As discussed above, while this clause is ``(b)iii), and
(iv)'' in Final Form PF, we are amending this clause to become
``(b)(iii) and (iv)'' as part of these amendments.
\8\ As discussed above, while this clause is ``(c)(ii)'' in
Final Form PF, we are amending this clause to become ``(c)(ii) and
(iii)'' as part of these amendments.
\9\ As discussed above, while this clause is ``(d)(ii)'' in
Final Form PF, we are amending this clause to become ``(d)(ii) and
(iii)'' as part of these amendments.
\10\ As discussed in this release, we are correcting the
erroneous reference to Question 26 to Questions 27 and 28.
\11\ As discussed in this release, we are correcting the
erroneous reference to Question 41 to Questions 42 and 43.
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Reporting Requirements Included in the Money Market Fund Reforms
Release
On July 12, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments to certain rules that
govern money market funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
modified Section 3 of Form PF with respect to reporting obligations
related to liquidity funds (``MMF Amendments''). The MMF Amendments
revised Section 3 of Form PF, in part, with respect to how advisers
report operational information about their liquidity funds and how
advisers report assets and portfolio information. Certain of such
modifications were mistakenly excluded from the version of Form PF that
was attached as Appendix A to the 2024 Adopting Release published in
the Federal Register on March 12, 2024.\12\ The MMF Amendments have
been effective since June 11, 2024, and advisers have been reporting
information in response to these modified questions through the Private
Fund Reporting Depository filing system accordingly. We are adding
these modifications back to the version of Form PF that is published in
the Federal Register.
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\12\ The version of Form PF that is available to file
electronically through the Private Fund Reporting Depository
correctly incorporates the MMF Amendments.
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Other Errors and Incorrect Cross References
The Commissions are amending Final Form PF to correct certain other
errors and incorrect cross references in the instructions, glossary,
and questions.
General Instruction 7: We are amending Instruction 7 to
correct an erroneous cross reference to Question 7(b) in the paragraph
titled ``Trading vehicles.'' The corrected cross reference refers to
Question 9, which requests information on trading vehicles through
which the reporting fund conducts certain activities.
Question 7: We are amending Question 7(a) to correct an
erroneous instruction to complete only sub-questions (i) and (ii) for
each feeder fund. The corrected instruction in Question 7(a) directs
filers to complete sub-questions (i), (ii), and (iii), each of which
requests information related to feeder funds.
Question 35: We are amending Question 35 to remove an
outdated reference to Instruction 15. Instruction 15 provides
instructions on calculating a numerator to determine the percentage of
net asset value for Question 25 but does not reference Question 35.
Question 58: We are amending Question 58(b) to correct an
erroneous cross reference to Question 60(a) as there is no Question
60(a) in Final Form PF. The corrected cross reference refers to
Question 58(a).
Question 73: The 2024 Amendments erroneously redesignated
two questions, Questions 70 and 71 in the Current Form PF, as Question
73 in the Final Form PF. We are amending Question 73 to correct this
error by redesignating the two questions as Question 73(a) (Question 70
in the Current Form PF) and Question 73(b) (Question 71 in the Current
Form PF).
Definition of ``Net asset value or NAV'': We are amending
the definition of ``net asset value or NAV'' in the Glossary of Terms
to correct an erroneous cross reference to Question 12 for gross assets
reported. The corrected cross reference refers to Question 11, which
requires filers to report gross asset value.
II. Procedural and Other Matters
The Administrative Procedure Act (``APA'') generally requires an
agency to publish notice of a rulemaking in the Federal Register and
provide an opportunity for public comment. This requirement does not
apply, however, if the agency ``for good cause finds . . . that notice
and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the
public interest.'' \13\
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\13\ 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).
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The amendments do not impose any new substantive regulatory
requirements on any person.\14\ The amendments merely reflect the
correction of certain errors and incorrect cross references, and the
addition of previously adopted amendments that were erroneously
excluded from the version of the Final Form PF that was published in
the Federal Register.
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\14\ The amendments also do not make any substantive
modifications to any existing collection of information requirements
or impose any new substantive recordkeeping or information
collection requirements within the meaning of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Accordingly, we are
not revising any burden and cost estimates in connection with the
remaining amendments.
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The APA generally requires publication of a rule at least 30 days
before its effective date. This requirement does not apply, however, if
the agency finds good cause for making
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the rule effective sooner.\15\ The amendments correct certain errors
and incorrect cross references in the instructions, glossary, and Form
PF questions. Given the limited nature of these amendments and the
associated minimal exercise of discretion, the Commissions find that
notice and public comment are unnecessary and that there is good cause
for the final rule to take effect on April 11, 2025. For the same
reasons the Commissions are forgoing notice and comment, the
Commissions find good cause to make the amendments effective upon
publication in the Federal Register. The finding that notice and public
comment are unnecessary also satisfies the requirements of the
Congressional Review Act, allowing the amendments to become effective
at such time that the Commissions determine.\16\ Pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs has designated these amendments as not a ``major rule,'' as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The amendments also do not require analysis
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.\17\
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\15\ See 5 U.S.C. 553(d).
\16\ See 5 U.S.C. 808(2), allowing the rule amendments to become
effective notwithstanding the requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 (if a
Federal agency finds that notice and public comment are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, a
rule shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency
promulgating the rule determines).
\17\ See 5 U.S.C. 604(a) (requiring a final regulatory
flexibility analysis only for rules required by the APA or other law
to undergo notice and comment).
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III. Economic Analysis
As discussed above, the amendments to Form PF correct certain
errors and incorrect cross references. The SEC is mindful of the
economic effects, including the benefits and costs, of the adopted
amendments to Form PF. The following analysis considers the likely
economic effects of the form amendments against a baseline that
consists of the current regulatory framework and current market
practices.\18\ Where we are unable to quantify the economic effects of
the amendments, we discuss them in qualitative terms. The amendments we
are adopting are limited in nature; therefore, many of the economic
effects, including the anticipated and estimated benefits and costs of
the amendments, will be minimal or null. Given the nature of the
benefits and the minimal costs expected to result from these
amendments, we do not anticipate any changes to efficiency,
competition, or capital formation will result from these amendments.
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\18\ Section 202(c) of the Advisers Act provides that when the
SEC is engaging in rulemaking under the Advisers Act and is required
to consider or determine whether an action is necessary or
appropriate in public interest, the SEC shall also consider whether
the action will promote efficiency, competition, and capital
formation, in addition to the protection of investors.
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Baseline. We analyze economic effects against a baseline that
consists of the current state of the market, Form PF filers' current
practices, and the current regulatory framework. Form PF is not an
investor-facing disclosure form, and information that private fund
advisers report on Form PF is provided to the Commissions and FSOC on a
confidential basis. Certain errors were made on Form PF in the 2024
Amendments; \19\ the amendments we are adopting will correct these
errors. These amendments will apply to all private fund advisers
required to file Form PF, including advisers of hedge funds, private
equity funds, real estate funds, securitized asset funds, liquidity
funds, venture capital funds, and other private funds that are required
to file Form PF. As of June 2024, 50,445 private funds managed by 3,926
fund advisers report on Form PF, with over 23 trillion gross assets
under management.\20\
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\19\ See supra footnote 3.
\20\ According to data collected through Form PF and Form ADV
filings received through June 30, 2024. See https://www.sec.gov/files/investment/private-funds-statistics-2024-q2.pdf.
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Economic effects. The amendments to Form PF will correct certain
errors and incorrect cross references. These include instances of
incorrect cross-reference numbering, incomplete items in cross
references, inclusion of inapplicable cross references, erroneous
redesignation of question numbers, incorrect use of defined terms in
cross references, and omission of parenthetical explanatory text from
cross references.\21\ The amendments also include other corrections in
General Instruction 6 and Question 47.\22\ Correcting these errors will
benefit filers to the extent that if left unamended, the errors could
result in confusion, unnecessary calculations, and inaccurate
responses.\23\ For example, correcting the cross-reference numbering
will make it easier for filers to locate correct items referenced;
updating the question numbers will ensure that these items are reported
in the appropriate order and improve the consistency and quality of
data collected. Additionally, correcting the use of defined terms in
cross references and with appropriate parenthetical explanatory text
will assist filers in understanding the scope of entries to be reported
on the form. Overall, we expect that these amendments will benefit
filers to the extent that fewer compliance resources are required to
complete the form; however, we expect the benefit to be small.
Similarly, we expect advisers and their clients to incur minimal costs.
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\21\ These references appear in the General Instruction 7;
Questions 7, 35, 58, and 73; and the definitions of ``Net asset
value or NAV,'' ``Collateral posted entries,'' and ``Collateral
received entries.'' See supra section I.
\22\ Instruction 6 of Final Form PF erroneously instructs filers
to report (rather than not to report) information, which creates
internal inconsistencies with Question 1(b) and may result in a
filer to report information about its related persons that is not
required by the form. Question 47 of the Final Form PF erroneously
retained stray columns that may result in a filer reporting
irrelevant information on the form. See also supra section I.
\23\ To the extent a filer spends resources in complying with a
Form PF reporting requirement following erroneous instructions, a
filer may incur unnecessary costs. Amending these errors would
mitigate such costs for future reporting.
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The amendments will add certain modifications back to the version
of Form PF that is published in the Federal Register with respect to
reporting obligations related to liquidity funds in Section 3 of the
form. These modifications were adopted as part of the MMF Amendments
but mistakenly excluded from the version of Form PF that was attached
as Appendix A to the 2024 Adopting Release published in the Federal
Register.\24\ Correcting this mistake will ensure filers' ability to
continue reporting these modified questions on the form. We do not
expect incremental costs for these filers because they have already
been reporting information in response to these modified questions on
Current Form PF through the Private Fund Reporting Depository filing
system when the modifications went into effect as of June 11, 2024.
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\24\ See supra section I.
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Statutory Authority
CFTC: The CFTC authority for this rulemaking is provided by 15
U.S.C. 80b-11.
SEC: The SEC is amending Form PF, referenced in 17 CFR 279.9,
pursuant to its authority set forth in sections 204(b) and 211(e) of
the Advisers Act [15 U.S.C. 80b-4 and 15 U.S.C. 80b-11], respectively.
List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 279
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Securities.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, title 17, chapter II of
the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows.
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PART 279--FORMS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF
1940
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1. The authority citation for part 279 continues to read as follows:
Authority: The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. 80b-1,
et seq., Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376.
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2. Amend Form PF (referenced in Sec. 279.9) as follows:
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a. In Instruction 6, revising the third bullet;
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b. In Instruction 7, by removing the text ``Section 1b, Question 7(b)''
in the paragraph titled ``Trading vehicles,'' and adding, in its place,
the text ``Question 9'';
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c. In Section 1b, by revising Question 7(a);
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d. In Section 2, Question 35, by removing the text ``(See Instruction
15 for information on calculating the numerator for purposes of this
Question.'';
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e. In Section 2, Question 47, by removing the columns labeled ``Not
relevant'' and ``Relevant/not formally tested'' from the table;
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f. In Section 3, Question 57, by removing the following categories in
each of the ``Unsecured borrowing'' and ``Secured borrowing'' tables:
``(A) U.S. financial institutions
``(B) Non-U.S. financial institutions
``(C) Other U.S. creditors
``(D) Other non-U.S. creditors''
and adding, in their place, the following categories:
``(A) U.S. depository institutions
``(B) U.S. creditors that are not U.S. depository institutions
``(C) Non-U.S. creditors'';
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g. In Section 3, Question 58(b), by removing the text ``60(a)'', and
adding, in its place, the text ``58(a)'';
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h. In Section 3 as follows:
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i. Amend Question 65(a), by removing the text ``Name of the issuer''
and adding, in its place, the text ``Name of the issuer or the name of
counterparty in a repo'';
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ii. Amend Question 65(d), by removing the word ``available'' and
adding, in its place, the word ``any'';
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iii. Amend Question 65(e), by removing the word ``available'' and
adding, in its place, the word ``any'';
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iv. Revise Question 65(f); and
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v. Amend Question 65(g)(xii), by:
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1. Removing the words ``of investment'' in the parenthetical and
adding, in their place, the words ``for the collateral''; and
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2. Removing the text ``U.S. Treasuries (including strips); Other
Instrument'' and adding, its place, the text ``U.S. Treasuries
(including strips); Cash; Other Instrument'';
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i. In Section 4, renumbering the first Question 73 (``What is the
weighted average debt-to-equity ratio of the controlled portfolio
companies in which the reporting fund invests (expressed as a decimal
to the tenths place)?'') as Question 73(a) and renumbering the second
Question 73 (``What is the highest debt-to-equity ratio of any
controlled portfolio company in which the reporting fund invests
(expressed as a decimal to the tenths place)?'') as Question 73(b);
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j. Amending the definition of ``Collateral posted entries'' in the
Glossary of Terms by:
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i. Removing the words ``counterparty credit exposure and collateral
table'', and adding, in their place, the words ``consolidated
counterparty exposure table'';
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ii. Removing the following clauses which constitute part of the
sentence beginning ``For Question 26, the sum of amounts attributable
to an individual counterparty included the entries on the following
lines of the reporting fund's consolidated counterparty exposure
table:'':
``(c)(ii)--government securities and other securities posted by the
reporting fund relating to repo and reverse repo (include tri-party
repo),
``(d)(ii)--government securities and other securities posted by the
reporting fund relating to other secured borrowing,''
and adding, in their place, the following clauses:
``(c)(ii)--government securities and other securities (other than
cash and cash equivalents) posted by the reporting fund relating to
repo and reverse repo (include tri-party repo),
``(d)(ii)--government securities and other securities (other than
cash and cash equivalents) posted by the reporting fund relating to
other secured borrowing,'';
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iii. Removing the following clauses which constitute part of the
sentence beginning ``For Question 41, entries on the following lines of
the reporting fund's counterparty credit exposure and collateral
table:'':
``(b)iii), and (iv) government securities and other securities
posted by the reporting fund to the counterparty in margin borrowing,
securities lending transactions, and as margin for derivatives under
any cross-margining agreement,
``(c)(ii)--government securities and other securities posted by the
reporting fund relating to repo and reverse repo (include tri-party
repo),
``(d)(ii)--government securities and other securities posted by the
reporting fund relating to other secured borrowing,''
and adding, in their place, the following clauses:
``(b)(iii) and (iv)--government securities and other securities
(other than cash and cash equivalents) posted by the reporting fund to
the counterparty in margin borrowing, securities lending transactions,
and as margin for derivatives under any cross-margining agreement,
``(c)(ii) and (iii)--government securities and other securities
(other than cash and cash equivalents) posted by the reporting fund
relating to repo and reverse repo (include tri-party repo),
``(d)(ii) and (iii)--government securities and other securities
(other than cash and cash equivalents) posted by the reporting fund
relating to other secured borrowing,'';
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iv. Removing the text ``Question 26'', and adding, in its place, the
text ``Questions 27 and 28''; and
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v. Removing the text ``Question 41'', and adding, in its place, the
text ``Questions 42 and 43'';
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k. Amending the definition of ``Collateral received entries'' in the
Glossary of Terms by:
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i. Removing the words ``counterparty credit exposure and collateral
table'', and adding, in their place, the words ``consolidated
counterparty exposure table'';
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ii. Removing the following clauses which constitute part of the
sentence beginning ``For Question 26, the sum of amounts attributable
to an individual counterparty included the entries on the following
lines of the reporting fund's consolidated counterparty exposure
table:'':
``(c)(ii)--government securities and other securities received by
the reporting fund related to repo and reverse repo (include tri-party
repo),
``(d)(ii)--government securities and other securities received
related to other secured borrowing,''
and adding, in their place, the following clauses:
``(c)(ii)--government securities and other securities (other than
cash and cash equivalents) received by the reporting fund related to
repo and reverse repo (include tri-party repo),
``(d)(ii)--government securities and other securities (other than
cash and cash equivalents) received related to other secured
borrowing,'';
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iii. Removing the following clauses which constitute part of the
sentence beginning ``For Question 41, entries on the following lines of
the reporting fund's counterparty credit exposure and collateral table:
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``(b)(iii) and (iv)--government securities and other securities
received by the reporting fund in cash margin borrowing and securities
lending transactions,
``(c)(ii) and (iii)--government securities and other securities
received by the reporting fund related to repo and reverse repo
(include tri-party repo),
``(d)(ii) and (iii)--government securities and other securities
received related to other secured borrowing,''
and adding, in their place, the following clauses:
``(b)(iii) and (iv)--government securities and other securities
(other than cash and cash equivalents) received by the reporting fund
in cash margin borrowing and securities lending transactions,
``(c)(ii) and (iii)--government securities and other securities
(other than cash and cash equivalents) received by the reporting fund
related to repo and reverse repo (include tri-party repo),
``(d)(ii) and (iii)--government securities and other securities
(other than cash and cash equivalents) received related to other
secured borrowing,'';
0
iv. Removing the text ``Question 26'' and adding, in its place, the
text ``Question 28''; and
0
v. Removing the text ``Question 41'', and adding, in its place, the
words ``Question 43'';
0
l. Amending the definition of ``Net asset value or NAV'' in the
Glossary of Terms by removing the words ``Question 12'' and adding, in
their place, the words ``Question 11''; and
0
m. Amending the definition ``WAL'' in the Glossary of Terms by removing
the words ``weighted average portfolio maturity'' and adding, in their
place, the words ``weighted average portfolio life''.
The revisions read as follows:
Note: The text of Form PF does not, and these amendments will
not, appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Form PF: General Instructions
* * * * *
6. * * *
Do not report information for any private fund advised by
any of your related persons unless you have identified that related
person in Question 1(b) as a related person for which you are filing
Form PF.
* * * * *
Section 1b. * * *
7. (a) Is the reporting fund the master fund of a master-feeder
arrangement? If so, check ``yes'' below, and complete (i), (ii), and
(iii) for each feeder fund. Otherwise, check ``no.'' See Instructions
5, 6, and 7 for information on treatment of master-feeder arrangements.
* * * * *
Section 3 * * *
Question 65 * * *
(f) The category of investment that most closely identifies the
instrument . . . . .
(Select from among the following categories of investment: U.S.
Treasury Debt; U.S. Government Agency Debt (if categorized as coupon-
paying notes); U.S. Government Agency Debt (if categorized as no-
coupon-discount notes); Non-U.S. Sovereign, Sub-Sovereign and Supra-
National debt; Certificate of Deposit; Non-Negotiable Time Deposit;
Variable Rate Demand Note; Other Municipal Security; Asset Backed
Commercial Paper; Other Asset Backed Securities; U.S. Treasury Repo
Agreement, if collateralized only by U.S. Treasuries (including Strips)
and cash; U.S. Government Agency Repo Agreement, collateralized only by
U.S. Government Agency securities, U.S. Treasuries, and cash; Other
Repo Agreement, if any collateral falls outside Treasury, Government
Agency and cash; Insurance Company Funding Agreement; Investment
Company; Financial Company Commercial Paper; Non-Financial Company
Commercial Paper; Tender Option Bond; or Other Instrument. If Other
Instrument, include a brief description.)
* * * * *
By the Commissions.
Dated: March 19, 2025.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission.
Note: The following Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
appendix will not appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
CFTC Appendix to Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and
Large Hedge Fund Advisers--CFTC Voting Summary
On this matter, Acting Chairman Pham and Commissioners Johnson,
Goldsmith Romero, and Mersinger voted in the affirmative. No
Commissioner voted in the negative.
[FR Doc. 2025-05267 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P; 6351-01-P