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National Futures Association Registration Requirement

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

NFA Proposes to Amend the Branch Office Definition, Embraces the ‘New Normal’ of Remote Working for CPOs and CTAs

Key Points - Beginning as early as September 2, 2021, a “branch office” for NFA purposes will exclude any remote working location not held out to the public as a CPO or CTA office where one or more APs from the same...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC Adopts Bad Actor Disqualifications for CPO Exemptions

- A CPO will be prohibited from claiming an exemption from registration under CFTC Regulation 4.13 if it or any of its principals has in their backgrounds a statutory disqualification under the Commodity Exchange Act. - A...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

BDCs must reclaim relief from CPO registration

On November 25, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted several final regulations to codify existing exemptions from commodity pool operator (CPO) registration. Among them is an exemption that was issued...more

Foley Hoag LLP

CFTC 4.13(a)(3) Annual Affirmations Due February 29

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As a reminder, fund managers relying on the exemption from registration with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) set forth in Rule 4.13(a)(3), commonly referred to as the “de minimis exemption,” must...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"CFTC Extends Registered Futures Association Membership Requirement to Introducing Brokers, Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) unanimously approved a final rule (“Final Rule”) that formally extends the existing registered futures association (“RFA”) membership requirement to registered introducing...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

NFA Reminds Members to Update Contact Information

National Futures Association (NFA) has issued a notice reminding members to keep current the information contained in NFA’s Online Registration System, including contact information for the member firm and individuals listed...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

NFA Updates BASIC to Assist With Bylaw 1101 Diligence on Delegating CPOs

The National Futures Association (NFA) has updated its Background Affiliation Status Information Center (BASIC) system to help NFA members conducting Bylaw 1101 due diligence to determine whether the commodity pool operator...more

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