The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“Commission”) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight today issued a staff advisory (CFTC Staff Advisory No. [15-14]) to remind futures commission merchants, clearing members, foreign brokers, swap dealers, and certain reporting markets (collectively, “reporting parties”) of their obligation to obtain information on a timely basis from their customers or counterparties in order to comply with the ownership and control reports final rule (“OCR Final Rule”).
More information via press release: http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr7139-14
