Bank of America Corporation, et al.: Bank of America Corporation, Citigroup Inc., and JPMorgan Chase Co. submitted a modified comment letter addressing several compelling issues which they believe are highly relevant to the cross-border application of Dodd-Frank. Bank of America, et al.: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, PNB Paribas, Citi, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Credit Suisse (USA), Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, and Wells Fargo Company submitted a joint comment letter to the CFTC outlining several concerns about

The CFTC has requested comment on a proposed exemption issued in response to a consolidated petition from certain regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs) to exempt specified transactions from the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. The Proposed Exemption would exempt the contracts, agreements and transactions for the purchase or sale of the limited electricity-related products which are specifically described within the proposed order from the provisions of the CEA and CFTC regulations, with the exception of CEA Sections 2(a

MFA submitted a comment letter to the Division of CFTC for interpretive relief for a commodity pool operator (CPO) exempt from registration under the CFTC's Section 4.13(a)(3) de minimis trading exemption transitioning to full registration status. MFA urged the CFTC to consider issuing interpretive guidance providing that a CPO that has filed an exemptive notice under Section 4.13(a)(3) may continue to operate the fund, taking positions that exceed the de minimis level, provided that the operator submits a notice to the CFTC of its intention to register and uses its best efforts to become

The CFTC is adopting certain conforming amendments to the CFTC's regulations regarding the registration of intermediaries consistent with other CFTC rulemakings issued pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act and other non-substantive, technical amendments to its regulations. The conforming amendments consist largely of added references, where appropriate, to rules relating to SDs, MSPs and swap execution facilities (SEFs). Effective Date: October 29, 2012 Cross Reference(s): Dodd Frank Title VII. The following CFTC rules are to be amended by this release: 3.1 (Definitions) 3.2 (Registration processing

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