Regulacje rynkowe · 15.12.2005
Commodity Pool Operator Electronic Filing of Annual Reports
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is proposing to amend Commission regulations to require that commodity pool annual financial reports submitted by commodity pool operators ("CPOs") to the National Futures Association ("NFA") be filed electronically. Commodity pool annual reports filed with a registered futures association (currently, the NFA is the sole registered futures association) must contain a manually signed oath or affirmation under Commission regulations and no provision exists for electronic filing of annual reports with NFA. The NFA has recently petitioned the Commission to amend its regulations to require mandatory electronic filing of commodity pool annual reports. The Commission has considered the NFA petition and is hereby proposing to amend Commission regulations: (i) To require CPOs to file a commodity pool annual report with NFA electronically, with the required oath or affirmation to be made through compliance with NFA's electronic filing procedures; (ii) to require CPOs to maintain for five years a manually signed copy of each annual report and to maintain records of how certain key financial balances submitted to NFA were compil