The CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Risk (the “Division”) issued a no-action letter providing limited no-action relief for derivatives clearing organizations (“DCOs”) that are registered with the Commission and are authorized to operate as central counterparties (“CCPs”) in the EU from the application of Commission regulations to discrete aspects of their non-U.S. clearing activities.
Extension of Time-Limited No-Action relief from compliance with certain conditions associated with the receipt of customer funds by FCMs.
Extension of no-action relief from compliance with certain conditions associated with the receipt of customer funds by FCMs.
Staff issued an interpretation providing that a futures commission merchant (FCM) may credit a customer’s trading account for a margin payment upon the FCM’s initiation of a withdrawal from the customer’s bank account using the Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment processing system. The FCM also may consider such pending margin payments in computing its regulatory capital.
No-action relief from compliance with certain conditions associated with the receipt of customer funds by FCMs.
Staff No-Action Relief: Temporary Delay of Compliance Date for Part 22 Rules Due to Effects of Hurricane Sandy.
Division of Clearing and Risk staff issued an interpretation providing clarification that while regulation 22.2(d) prohibits an FCM from permitting a lien on Cleared Swaps Customer Collateral that it holds, regulation 22.2(d) does not prohibit a Cleared Swaps Customer from granting a lien on his or her own account at the FCM, nor does the regulation prohibit the FCM from taking action to foster the Cleared Swaps Customer’s grant of such a lien.
