Pursuant to new National Futures Association (NFA) Compliance Rule 2-52, Interpretive Notice 9082 and amendments to NFA Bylaw 301, for NFA membership filings, membership renewals and material updates made after October 15,...more
The National Futures Association has adopted two new operational requirements that will affect (among others) registered commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. Under new NFA Compliance Rule 2-50, as of...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on December 7, 2020, published in the Federal Register significant amendments to CFTC Regulation 3.10(c) (Amendments), making the regulation a more broadly available registration...more
During the course of 2019 and 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association (NFA, the self-regulatory organization for the U.S. futures and swaps industry) have been hard at work amending...more
11/9/2020
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published on April 14, 2020, a proposal to amend certain compliance requirements for commodity pool operators under CFTC Rule 4.27 and CFTC Form CPO-PQR, as codified at Appendix A to...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2019 several amendments to the regulatory framework applicable to certain commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading...more
1/9/2020
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Family Offices ,
Filing Requirements ,
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Investment Adviser ,
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Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
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The U.S. federal securities laws, the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations thereunder, and certain other applicable federal laws, rules and regulations, as well as rules of U.S. self-regulatory organizations (such as the...more
1/31/2019
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CPOs ,
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Investment Management ,
NFA ,
Private Funds ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Securities ,
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on October 9, 2018 to amend certain aspects of the current regulatory framework applicable to commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity...more
11/7/2018
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Deregulation ,
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Proposed Amendments
Beginning with the second quarter 2017 filings, registered commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) (collectively, Registrants) will need to report financial information regarding their own...more
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) provided no-action relief on February 12, 2016 to commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors...more
2/19/2016
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CPOs ,
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Swaps ,
Uncleared Swaps
The National Futures Association (NFA) adopted on October 23, 2015 an “Interpretive Notice to NFA Compliance Rules 2-9, 2-36, and 2-49: Information Systems Security Programs” (Notice). The Notice requires each NFA Member to...more
11/6/2015
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Dealers ,
Employee Training ,
Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) ,
Major Swap Participants ,
National Futures Association ,
NFA ,
Parent Corporation ,
Popular ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swap Dealers ,
Third-Party Service Provider