The U.S. House of Representatives on June 24, 2014, passed a version of the CFTC reauthorization bill, H.R. 4413, that would exclude investment advisers to registered investment companies (RICs) from the definitions of...more
The National Futures Association (the “NFA”) issued Notice to Members I-13-36 (the “NFA Notice”) which is directed at any commodity pool operator (“CPO”) of a registered investment company (a “RIC”) that has filed a notice...more
The CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (the “Division”) granted no-action relief (the “No-Action Relief”) in response to a request from the Investment Company Institute (the “ICI”) and the Securities...more
On August 13, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted final rules to harmonize certain disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping obligations of commodity pool operators (CPOs) that are investment advisers...more
The CFTC adopted rule amendments (the “Harmonization Rule”) designed to harmonize certain CFTC compliance obligations that apply to commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) of investment companies registered under the Investment...more
On August 13, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted amendments to certain provisions of Part 4 of the CFTC regulations that are applicable to all commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading...more
Eighteen months after amending CFTC Regulation 4.5 to narrow the registered investment company (RIC) exclusion from the definition of commodity pool operator (CPO) and issuing a companion release proposing to amend certain...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday upheld the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) final rule on the criteria that registered investment companies (RICs) must meet to be...more