The CFTC withdrew its original proposal and newly proposed to allow an FCM, subject to certain conditions, to treat separate accounts of a single beneficial owner as if they were owned by different persons, for purposes of margin withdrawals from the separate accounts.
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The CFTC Market Participants Division granted no-action relief to a futures commission merchant regarding the manner in which it receives and holds funds deposited by Taiwan-based customers, when there may be a conflict between CFTC and Taiwan regulation governing the segregation of customer funds.
The CFTC extended the comment deadline on a rule proposal that would codify no-action relief related to the treatment of separate accounts by futures commission merchants. The new comment deadline is June 30, 2023.
The CFTC set a comment deadline on proposed rule amendments which would codify no-action relief regarding the treatment of separate accounts by futures commission merchants ("FCMs"). The comment deadline was published in the Federal Register.
The CFTC voted to propose rule amendments to codify no-action relief regarding the treatment of separate accounts by futures commission merchants.