Housekeeping, Reminders & Updates – Feb 2018
Written by: Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Maria Fielding The National Futures Association (“NFA”) Adds Additional Questions on the Annual Financial Statement The NFA announced that as of October 31, 2017,…
Housekeeping, Reminders & Updates – November 2017
Written by: Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Maria Fielding The National Futures Association (“NFA”) Requests Nominations for the NFA’s Board of Directors (“Board”) The NFA is reaching out to both NFA…
Housekeeping, Reminders and Updates – April 2017
Written by: Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Jessica I. Brown, CAMS FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK Update to FATF List of Jurisdictions with AML/CFT Deficiencies On April 5, 2017, the Financial Crimes…
Housekeeping, Reminders & Updates February 2017
NATIONAL FUTURES ASSOCIATION December 31, 2016 NFA Form PQR The National Futures Association (“NFA”) emailed a reminder to commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) regarding quarterly reports and possible late fees. The…
Housekeeping, Reminders & Updates – January 2017
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Advisory on FATF List of Jurisdiction with AML/CFT Deficiencies On January 19, 2017, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an advisory announcing that the Financial…
December 2016 Housekeeping, Reminders and Updates
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Inter-Affiliate Swaps Transactions No-Action Extension The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced the extension of relief outlined in Letter 15-62 and Letter 16-81 until December 31,…
Housekeeping, Reminders and Updates–November 2016
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Filing Period for CCO Annual Reports Extension The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced the unanimous approval to modify CFTC Regulation 3.3. Until now, Regulation 3.3…
Housekeeping, Reminders and Updates October 2016
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Swap Dealer Registration De Minimis Exception In a press release issued October 13, 2016 (Release: PR7471-16) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced the approval…
Housekeeping, Reminders and Updates — September 2016
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Advisory on FATF List of Jurisdiction with AML/CFT Deficiencies On September 7, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an advisory announcing that the Financial…
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Housekeeping, Reminders, and Updates
Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. and Elizabeth A. Cannon August 24, 2016 NATIONAL FUTURES ASSOCIATION NFA Updates Self-Examination Questionnaire for FCMs, FDMs, IBs, CPOs and CTAs On August 15,…