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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Time-Limited Relief from CFTC Rule 1.56

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By Jeffry M. Henderson & Douglas E. Arend on October 1, 2020
Posted in banking, Banks, CFTC, Featured, Financial Regulation, Financial Services Litigation, GT Alert, Investment Regulation, Litigation, Regulatory Compliance, Securities

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued Letter No. 20-28 on Sept. 15, 2020. Letter 20-28 addresses issues of relevance both for futures commission merchants (FCMs) as well as asset managers trading separate accounts on behalf of institutional customers. Letter 20-28 provides limited interpretive and no-action relief from certain provisions of CFTC Rule 1.56 – Prohibition of guaranties against loss. Letter 20-28 is the latest regulatory response triggered by a pair of regulatory alerts (Alerts) issued by the Joint Audit Committee (JAC). The JAC includes representatives from CME Group, ICE Futures and the National Futures Association.

Read the full GT Alert, “Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Time-Limited Relief from CFTC Rule 1.56.”

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Jeffry M. Henderson, a former general counsel for a publicly traded futures commission merchant, has deep futures and derivatives industry experience. He focuses his practice on a variety of complex compliance, regulatory, investigation, litigation, and managed fund matters. This representation regularly involves futures,

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Jeffry M. Henderson, a former general counsel for a publicly traded futures commission merchant, has deep futures and derivatives industry experience. He focuses his practice on a variety of complex compliance, regulatory, investigation, litigation, and managed fund matters. This representation regularly involves futures, derivatives, swaps, forex, securities, cryptocurrency, and binary options. He represents and advises a broad range of clients, including futures commission merchants, broker-dealers, investment advisers, commodity trading advisers, introducing brokers, forex trading firms, commodity pool operators, and hedge fund managers. He also provides counsel to a variety of industry participants, including proprietary trading firms and exempt investment managers regarding disclosure matters and compliance obligations and regulatory and enforcement matters. He is also regularly involved in defending member and member firms before CFTC, NFA, SEC and FINRA. He currently serves as a public director for an applicant Designated Contract Market and an applicant Designated Clearing Organization.

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Douglas E. Arend focuses his practice on commodity futures, derivatives and securities, with an emphasis on managed funds. He represents registered and exempt investment advisers, commodity pools and hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, introducing brokers, futures commission merchants and broker-dealers. Douglas concentrates on…

Douglas E. Arend focuses his practice on commodity futures, derivatives and securities, with an emphasis on managed funds. He represents registered and exempt investment advisers, commodity pools and hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, introducing brokers, futures commission merchants and broker-dealers. Douglas concentrates on complex transactional and regulatory matters, including public and private offerings, fund formation, business structuring, registration and compliance. His public fund experience includes SEC registered offerings, and compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, the Dodd-Frank Act, the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations.

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