CPOs/CTAs

This final rule permits a non-U.S. CPO to avoid CFTC registration, including basing the exemption on "a pool-by-pool basis" and laying out a safe harbor ...

One director compared the existing Form CPO-PQR with “a Jackson Pollock painting” that badly needed updating

This is the newly revised Form CPO-PQR approved by the CFTC

In one case, a CTA has operated for 20 years without allegedly joining the NFA

The Final Rule generally prohibits persons who have, or whose principals have, in their backgrounds any of the statutory disqualifications from claiming a CPO registration ...

Both registered and exempt CPOs will be required to represent that they and their respective principals are not subject to certain statutory disqualifications under the ...

The pandemic and market volatility that “has reached historic levels” explain the change

The Commission is proposing that non-U.S. CPOs may claim an exemption from registration with respect to its qualifying offshore commodity pools

CIM placed orders at different bid and offer prices, but after being unable to fill the orders, Khorrami repeatedly modified the orders until the bid ...

The proposal would eliminate the ability to file a Form PF with the SEC to satisfy a CPO’s obligation to file Form CPO-PQR