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Cole-Frieman & Mallon partner/co-founder Bart Mallon Discusses CFTC Regulation 4.5, the Volcker Rule & Other Compliance Issues

Family Office Relief from CPO Registration

by W. Scott McGinness Jr. | Miller & Martin PLLC on 2/26/2013

As noted in an earlier Client bulletin, the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (“Division”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a no-action letter dated November 29, 2012 enabling...more

Year-End Developments And Compliance Checklists

by Cole Beaubouef, Richard Bernstein, George Danenhauer, Marie DeFalco, David Goret, Peter Greene, Elaine Hughes, Allen Levithan, Matthew Magidson, Robert Minion, Scott H. Moss | Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 1/17/2013

Lowenstein Sandler’s Investment Management Group is pleased to provide you with (i) a summary of recent legislative and regulatory developments that impact the investment management community; and (ii) checklists of year-end...more

CFTC Staff Provides Registration Relief for Family Offices

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 12/17/2012

On November 29, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) staff published relief for family offices that would otherwise be required to register with the CFTC as commodity pool operators (“CPOs”). This relief...more

CFTC Issues Relief from CPO Registration to Funds of Funds, BDCs and Family Offices; NFA Issues Guidance on the Annual Affirmation...

by Cheryl I. Aaron, James M. Cain, Doyle Campbell, Kalaundra Y. Carreathers, Warren N. Davis, Jacob Dweck, Daphne G. Frydman, Meghan R. Gruebner, Alexander S. Holtan, Meltem F. Kodaman, more +Catherine M. Krupka, David T. McIndoe, Raymond A. Ramirez, Mark D. Sherrill, R. Michael Sweeney, Jr., Paul B. Turner | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 12/10/2012

On November 29 and December 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a series of no-action letters that afford relief from registration as a...more

CFTC Provides Relief from CPO Registration to Certain Family Offices

by Carolyn A. Jayne, Cary J. Meer, Lawrence B. Patent | K&L Gates LLP on 12/10/2012

Introduction The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (the “Division”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) recently issued CFTC Letter No. 12-37 (November 29, 2012), which...more

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