On October 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted new rules on position limits. As described in greater detail in Katten’s advisory, CFTC Adopts New Position Limit Requirements, the new rules (1) set forth federal position limits for 25 different futures contracts; (2) enhance the roles played by exchanges in setting limits and granting

National Futures Association (NFA) has provided limited relief to commodity trading advisors (CTAs) who are also registered investment advisers from compliance with certain portions of NFA Rule 2-29 “Communications with the Public and Promotional Material” and a related Interpretive Notice. Generally, CTAs presenting past performance in promotional materials are required to include performance net of all commissions, fees and expenses. With this relief, CTAs who are also registered as investment advisers with the Securities and Exchange Commission may present past performance to eligible contract participants (ECPs) on a gross basis in non-public one-on-one presentations, if the CTA:
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On April 22, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a no-action letter providing guidance for futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers (IBs) in connection with calculating the FCM’s or IB’s net capital under CFTC Regulation 1.17. Pursuant to the no-action letter, the CFTC will not bring an enforcement action against an FCM or

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a competition, called “Project Streetlamp,” which challenges participants to use artificial intelligence or other tools to identify unregistered foreign entities potentially engaging in illegal activity subject to the CFTC’s jurisdiction and automatically add such entities to the CFTC’s Registration Deficient (RED) List. The competition is ongoing and is

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has issued an Order of Designation to Bitnomial Exchange, LLC (Bitnomial Exchange), granting it status as a designated contract market (DCM), effective April 20, 2020. Located in Chicago, Bitnomial Exchange is a limited liability company formed under Delaware state law. Bitnomial Exchange must comply with all