annual affirmation CPO or CTA

As we explained in an earlier post, the CFTC has recently amended its Regulation 4.5 to clarify that the commodity pool operator (“CPO”) of a registered investment company is the entity that serves as the registered investment adviser (“RIA”) to that company.

In this post, we will explore practical implications of this recent rule amendment.Continue Reading Mutual Fund Corner: Practical Implications of the Recent Amendments to CFTC Regulation 4.5

On January 15th, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) issued its Notice to Members I-15-02 (the “NTM”).

The NTM will be of interest to NFA Members, such as futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) and introducing brokers (“IBs”), and any entity in a mutual or hedge fund complex that has not yet affirmed its status for calendar year 2015 as:

  • an exempt commodity pool operator (“CPO”) under Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Regulation 4.13(a)(1), 4.13(a)(2), 4.13(a)(3), or 4.13(a)(5);
  • an excluded CPO under CFTC Regulation 4.5; or
  • an exempt commodity trading advisor (“CTA”) under CFTC Regulation 4.14(a)(8).

These annual affirmations are due by March 2, 2015.

The remainder of this posting is an overview of the NTM, which is available here.Continue Reading NFA Notice to Members I-15-02: Affirm CPO/CTA Exemptions and Exclusions by March 2nd, NFA Members Given Tools to Monitor Affirmations