Jacob Preiserowicz

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On Oct. 9, 2018, in a wide-ranging notice of proposed rulemaking (the “KISS Proposal”), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed (1) to codify several accepted practices that currently rely on no-action letters and similar CFTC staff guidance and (2) to make a number of substantive changes to CFTC regulations, such as offering broader exemptive relief for offshore funds and imposing disqualifications from certain commonly claimed exemptions. The proposals are now in a comment period, so…
In its budget request for fiscal year 2018, the CFTC outlined an increasingly muscular enforcement effort, stating that, “the Commission will utilize its enforcement resources to continue preserving market integrity[.]” This 2017 request, however, also foreshadowed a new enforcement initiative for 2018, one focused on: “Increasing effectiveness and efficiency of enforcement through cooperative enforcement with SROs, state, Federal, and international authorities, including achieving efficiencies through referrals[.]” The fruits of this “cooperative enforcement” initiative became evident…
In recent weeks, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued several final rules and rule proposals that directly affect hedge fund managers that trade in futures contracts (and in other commodity interests) and private equity fund managers with portfolio companies that may, as part of a hedging or raw materials acquisition effort, engage in commodity interest transactions. All fund managers should review these changes to determine if they present limitations on their business or…
Financial regulators are emphasizing the risk poor cybersecurity poses to market integrity and financial stability, and elaborating on policies and controls they expect the firms they oversee to have in place. Investment managers’ responsibility for cybersecurity has grown like compound returns. The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations disclosed that its examination staff would be testing investment advisers to assess cybersecurity procedures and controls, and the National Futures Association proposed an interpretive notice expressly…
As the end of 2015 approaches, financial regulators continue to emphasize the risk that poor cybersecurity poses to market integrity and financial stability, and to elaborate on the policies, procedures and controls they expect investment advisers, commodity pool operators and registered investment companies to have in place. Click here to read more.…
n Sept. 17, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order against an online platform (and against its sponsor) for facilitating the trading of Bitcoin options contracts.[1] The Order is based on the activities of Francisco Riordan, the chief executive officer of Coinflip Inc., and of Coinflip itself in operating an unregistered online trading platform that enabled trading in Bitcoin-based derivatives. Click here to read more.…
On Oct. 15, 2014, the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a letter granting no-action relief to persons seeking to delegate their commodity pool operator authority to others. The October letter expands upon the relief granted in an earlier (May 2014) letter in two respects: Unlike the May letter, the October guidance provides self-executing relief (i.e., no application need be made, and no notice is required to be filed with the CFTC); and The October…
On Sept. 9, 2014, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff granted broad relief intended to remove an obstacle to the ability of market participants, under rules previously promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to utilize general solicitation and general advertising in conducting placements of hedge fund and private equity fund interests (and other securities). This relief has certain conditions and does not represent a resolution of all of the questions and concerns…
On May 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff issued guidance for so-called “CPO delegation” arrangements, which are situations where an individual or entity that could otherwise be obligated to register with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator (a “CPO”) seeks to delegate its commodity pool operator authority to another person. Click here to read more details on the guidance.…
On Dec. 10, 2013, the CFTC, FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, OCC and SEC issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) implementing Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which is commonly referred to as the “Volcker Rule.” The Volcker Rule restricts the proprietary trading and private investment fund activities of U.S. banks and their affiliates, as well as foreign banks with a branch or agency office in the United States and their affiliates (collectively, “banking entities”).…