CFTC Issues No-Action Letter Providing Time-Limited Registration Relief to Certain APs

The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight ("DSIO") announced that it is extending the temporary registration relief it previously granted in CFTC Letter 12-15 to certain associated persons ("AP") of futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisers who must register solely due to activities involving swaps or the transition of certain contracts on the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) to clearing as commodity futures and options transactions. The temporary registration relief is now extended through March 31, 2013.

View CFTC Letter 12-69.See also: Press Release.