CFTC No-Action Letter - CFTC Staff Allows Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad's Futures Contract Based on the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index To Be Offered and Sold in the United Stat

Letter 11-03

June 28, 2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel today announced that it issued a no-action letter on June 28, 2011, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad's futures contract based on the FTSE Kuala Lumpur Composite Index ("KLCI" or "Index").

The KLCI is a broad-based, free-float, market-capitalization-weighted, composite index of 30 highly capitalized and actively traded stocks currently listed on the Main Board of the Bursa Securities Berhad. The Index provides a performance benchmark for the Malaysian equity market. As of May 17, 2011, the total adjusted market capitalization of the KLCI was approximately US $265 billion.

Cross References

CEA Section 2(a)(1)(C)(ii) (iv)