This letter provides relief for a CPO to combine a portion of a pool’s 2013 operations (the pool had a capitalization date in October 2013) with 2014 for the purposes of filing an audited Annual Report. As such, instead of requiring the CPO to incur the expense of preparing an audited Annual Report for the pool for the 3 month period ending December 31, 2013, the CPO would instead file an audited Annual Report for the period spanning October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014.

The CPO of a commodity pool operating pursuant to an exemption under Regulation 4.7 requested exemptive relief from the requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d) that the financial statements in the pools annual report be audited. The CPO submitted waivers from all of the pools participants evidencing their consent to the relief requested. DSIO granted relief pursuant to Commission regulations 140.93 and 4.12(a) conditioned upon the filing and distribution of an uncertified Annual Report for fiscal year 2013 that otherwise complies with the provisions of Regulation 4.7(b)(3).

The CPO of a commodity pool operated pursuant to an exemption under Regulation 4.7 requested exemptive relief from the requirement in Regulations 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d)(1) that the financial statements in the pool’s annual report be audited. At the end of the 2013 fiscal year, the pool had just one participant, who also is a controlling principal of the CPO and oversees the daily operations of both the CPO and the pool.

The Division of Clearing and Risk issued a letter providing guidance to ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited (“ASXCLF”) regarding compliance with the condition to No-Action Letter 14-07, which requires ASXCLF to comply with the reporting obligations applicable to registered derivatives clearing organizations under the Commissions Part 45 regulations.

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted no-action relief to a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) of three funds (a publicly-traded Parent, a Subsidiary that is approximately 99% owned by the Parent and approximately 1% owned by fund insiders, and a Trading Vehicle wholly-owned by the Subsidiary) from: (1) Filing with the National Futures Association (“NFA”) and distributing to the insider participants of the Subsidiary an audited annual report of the Subsidiary; (2) Distributing periodic statements of the Subsidiary to the insider participants of the Subsidiary; (3) Fili

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted exemptive relief from the financial statement requirements of Commission regulations 4.22 and the disclosure requirements of Commission regulation 4.24(s) to the commodity pool operator (the “CPO”) of an insurance-linked securitization vehicle (the “ILS Vehicle”) with respect to the ILS Vehicle; provided, that the CPO satisfies certain conditions for relief relating to the management of the ILS Vehicle, the disclosure of additional information concerning the ILS Vehicle, and the calculation of the net asset value of the ILS Vehi

CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issues time-limited no-action relief from certain requirements of Part 45 and Part 46 of the Commission’s regulations, for Certain Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants established under the laws of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Switzerland

Extension of No-Action Relief: Transaction-Level Requirements for Non-U.S. Swap Dealers

The CPO of a commodity pool operating pursuant to an exemption under Regulation 4.7 requested exemptive relief from the requirement in Regulation 4.7(b)(3) and 4.22(d) that the financial statements in the pools annual report be audited. The CPO submitted waivers from all of the pools participants evidencing their consent to the relief requested. DSIO granted relief pursuant to Commission regulations 140.93 and 4.12(a) conditioned upon the filing and distribution of an uncertified Annual Report for fiscal year 2013 that otherwise complies with the provisions of Regulation 4.7(b)(3).

Time-limited no-action relief to allow Southwest Airlines and its counterparties additional time for public reporting of long-dated Brent and WTI crude oil swap and swaption contracts executed by or with Southwest Airlines.