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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 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
On April 14, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed, among other things, to narrow and revise the scope of information that it collects from commodity pool operators (CPOs) on its Form CPO-PQR to: ...more
On March 4, 2020, the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) issued a notice to its members addressing concerns surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19). With the coronavirus’s potential to interfere with members’ regulatory...more
As the world responds to COVID-19, we have identified a number of compliance and legal considerations for asset managers. We summarize a select list of these in our note below....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
• Effective January 1, 2020, clarifying amendments to rules regarding communications with the public and use of promotional material will go into effect. • Effective February 1, 2020, CTA will be subject to new limitations...more
The National Futures Association (NFA), the self-regulatory organization of the futures and swap trading industry, announced to its membership on January 7, 2019 that it had amended its requirements for NFA Member Information...more
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
• The NFA has determined that registered CPOs must implement an internal controls system and highlighted best practices for such a framework. • In response to certain frequently asked questions, the NFA has also updated its...more
The National Futures Association (NFA) recently proposed an interpretive notice that would require members that are commodity pool operators (CPOs) to adopt and implement internal controls systems designed to deter fraudulent...more
The National Futures Association (NFA), the U.S. self-regulatory organization of the futures and swaps trading industry, has published a new Interpretive Notice entitled “Disclosure Requirements for NFA Members Engaging in...more
The National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice on August 9, 2018, to its members announcing that new disclosures relating to virtual currencies and virtual currency derivatives will be required of NFA members that...more
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 Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) has provided general exemptive relief to persons registered as commodity pool operators (“CPO”) under the Commodity Exchange Act that operate commodity pools...more
The National Futures Association’s (NFA’s) latest proposal would require registered commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors to provide new information about their financial condition in quarterly reports to...more
During August 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) and National Futures Association (“NFA”) published several items that will affect commodity pool operators (“CPO”) and commodity trading...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) on August 5, 2016, issued a proposal to amend its rules governing commodity pool annual reports, which, if adopted, would permit commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) of a pool...more
The National Futures Association recently amended NFA Compliance Rule 2-46 in order to impose late fees for its commodity pool operator (CPO) and commodity trading adviser (CTA) members that do not make quarterly filings on...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
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
The CFTC recently approved the National Futures Association’s interpretive notice (the “Cybersecurity Notice”) on the general requirements that members should implement for their information systems security programs...more
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
On December 12, National Futures Association (NFA) submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed amendments to the Interpretive Notice to NFA Compliance Rule 2-45 (Prohibition of Loans by Commodity Pools to...more