The CFTC issued Orders permitting the clearing activities of the Taiwan Futures Exchange and ICE NGX Canada.
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The CFTC issued an Order of Registration to Mercado Mexicano de Derivados, S.A. de C.V., a Foreign Board of Trade located in Mexico City.
The CFTC granted exemptions to five foreign futures and options markets to allow their member firms to accept U.S. customer funds for margining futures and options contracts without registering as futures commission merchants with the CFTC.
The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight provided temporary exemptive relief to non-U.S. introducing brokers that temporarily fail to register with the CFTC.
The National Futures Association ("NFA") reminded certain futures commission merchant ("FCM") and retail foreign exchange dealers ("RFED") that regulatory filings will be affected due to the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays. The NFA stated that any information filed after its due date by FCMs or RFEDs must be accompanied by a fee for every single business day that it is late.