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CFTC strips two commodity funds of position limit exemption


The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has stripped two US-based commodity funds of no-action relief letter which enabled the firms to exceed position limits. The action by the US regulator markets first time the regulator has exercised its authority to withdraw a position limit exemption.

The CFTC announced yesterday (August 19) that it was withdrawing its no-action letters issued to DB Commodity Services – a Deutsche Bank-owned commodity pool...

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