CFTC Extends No-Action Relief for Certain Reporting Obligations under the OCR Final Rule

On September 25, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) extended relief from certain reporting obligations under the ownership and control reports final rule (OCR Final Rule). The OCR Final Rule requires the electronic submission of trader identification and market participant data.  The current no-action letter, CFTC Letter No. 20-30, extends the relief, which was most recently granted in CFTC Letter No. 17-45, until September 29, 2023 (unless otherwise addressed by the CFTC).

Additional information is available here.

CFTC Letter No. 20-30 is available for download here.

CFTC to Hold Open Commission Meeting on October 6

On September 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, October 6 at 10:30 a.m. (ET). The meeting will consider amendments to compliance requirements for Commodity Pool Operators on Form CPO-PQR and the memorandum of understanding between the CFTC and the Officer of Financial Research Regarding the Sharing of Data and Information Collected on Form CPO-PQR.

The meeting can be publicly accessed via live stream at www.cftc.gov on the CFTC’s YouTube channel or by phone (domestically at +1.877.951.7311; passcode: 3774262).

Additional information is available here.