Discussion Draft: Staff No-Action Relief CFTC PR 6062-11 June 30, 2011 The CFTC has released a staff working draft of a "no-action" letter that could supplement exemptive relief recently proposed by the agency. The proposed exemptive relief (76 FR 35372) and staff draft no-action letter, taken together, would provide greater clarity during the transition to the new regulatory framework for swaps in light of the general effective date in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act of July 16, 2011. Specifically, the draft no-action letter provides that the Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and the

Open Meeting on Five Final Rule Proposals under the Dodd-Frank Act CFTC PR 6064-11 June 30, 2011 The CFTC will hold a public meeting on July 7, 2011 to consider five final rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The public meeting will consider five final rules on the following topics: Agricultural Commodity Definition; Business Affiliate Marketing and Disposal of Consumer Information Rules; Privacy of Consumer Financial Information - Conforming Amendments (Part 160); Prohibition on the Employment, or Attempted Employment, of Manipulative and Deceptive

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

76 FR 38328 June 30, 2011 In accordance with Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," the CFTC intends to review its existing regulations to evaluate their continued effectiveness in achieving the objectives for which they were adopted. In this regard, the Commission has developed a plan to identify and evaluate its regulations periodically to determine whether any such regulations should be modified, expanded, streamlined or repealed in order to make the agency's regulatory program more effective. After the substantial completion of the promulgation of final rules

CFTC Staff Roundtable Discussion on Proposed Changes to Registration and Compliance Regime for Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors CFTC Press Release 6060-11 June 29, 2011 Staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable discussion on July 6, 2011 to discuss issues related to the proposed changes to Commission Regulation 4.5 and the proposed rescission of Commission regulations 4.13(a)(3) and 4.13(a)(4). The roundtable will assist the CFTC in the rulemaking process. Cross References CFTC Rules 4.5; 4.13(a)(3); 4.13(a)(4); 76 FR 7976 /