CFTC Form 71 Identification of Omnibus Accounts and Sub-Accounts

CFTC FORM 71

IDENTIFICATION OF

OMNIBUS ACCOUNTS AND SUB-ACCOUNTS

NOTICE:  Failure to file a report required by the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA” or the “Act”)¹ and the regulations thereunder,² or the filing of a report with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) that includes a false, misleading or fraudulent statement or omits material facts that are required to be reported therein or are necessary to make the report not misleading, may (a) constitute a violation of § 6(c)(2) of the Act (7 USC 9, 15), § 9(a)(3) of the Act (7 USC 13(a)(3)), and/or § 1001 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure (18 USC 1001) and (b) result in punishment by fine or imprisonment, or both.

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

The Commission’s authority for soliciting this information is granted in sections 4a, 4c(b), 4g, 4i and 8 of the CEA and related regulations (see, e.g., 17 CFR § 17.01(c)). The information solicited from entities and individuals engaged in activities covered by the CEA is required to be provided to the CFTC, and failure to comply may result in the imposition of criminal or administrative sanctions (see, e.g., 7 U.S.C. §§ 9 and 13a-1, and/or 18 U.S.C. 1001). The information requested is most commonly used in the Commission’s market and trade practice surveillance activities to (a) provide information concerning the size and composition of the commodity derivatives markets, (b) permit the Commission to monitor and enforce speculative position limits and (c) enhance the Commission’s trade surveillance data. The requested information may be used by the Commission in the conduct of investigations and litigation and, in limited circumstances, may be made public in accordance with provisions of the CEA and other applicable laws. It may also be disclosed to other government agencies and to reporting markets to meet responsibilities assigned to them by law. The information will be maintained in, and any additional disclosures will be made in accordance with, the CFTC System of Records Notices, available on www.cftc.gov.

BACKGROUND & GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Who Must File a Form 71 – 17 CFR § 17.01(c) requires each originator of (a) an omnibus volume threshold account or (b) an omnibus reportable sub-account (collectively, “Reporting Parties”) to file a Form 71 – Identification of Omnibus Accounts and Sub-Accounts with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”).

When to file – Each Reporting Party must file a Form 71 on call by the Commission or its designee.

Where to file – The Form 71 shall be filed by submitting the completed form to the nearest CFTC office or as otherwise instructed by the Commission or its designee. Generally, a Form 71 should be submitted via the CFTC’s web-based Form 71 submission process at [www.cftc.gov]. If submission attempts fail, the reporting trader shall contact the Commission at [techsupport@cftc.gov] for further technical support.

Signature – Each Form 71 submitted to the Commission must be signed or otherwise authenticated by an individual that is duly authorized by the relevant Reporting Party to provide the information and representations contained in the form.

What to File – Each Reporting Party must complete part A, the relevant question in part B, and part C.

Unless otherwise noted, the terms used herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed in parts 15 to 21 of the Commission’s regulations.

Please be advised that pursuant to 5 CFR § 1320.5(b)(2)(i), you are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DEFINITIONS

Before proceeding with your submission, please check this box to indicate that you have read the definitions for the following terms, as they are used in the Form 71: 

Commodity (or commodities) – generally, all goods and articles (except onions and motion picture box office receipts, or any index, measure, value, or data related to such receipts), and all services, rights, and interests (except motion picture box office receipts, or any index, measure, value, or data related to such receipts) in which contracts for future delivery are presently or in the future dealt in (see 7 USC 1a(9)).

Omnibus account – any trading account that one futures commission merchant, clearing member or foreign broker carries for another and in which the transactions of multiple individual accounts are combined. The identities of the holders of the individual accounts are not generally known or disclosed to the carrying firm.

Omnibus reportable sub-account – means any trading sub-account of an omnibus volume threshold account, which sub-account executes reportable trading volume on an omnibus basis. Omnibus reportable sub-account also means any trading account that is itself an omnibus account, executes reportable trading volume, and is a sub-account of another omnibus reportable sub-account.

Omnibus volume threshold account – means any trading account that, on an omnibus basis, executes or receives via allocation or give up, reportable trading volume on or subject to the rules of a reporting market that is a board of trade designated as a contract market under § 5 of the Act or a swap execution facility registered under § 5h of the Act.

Person – an individual, association, partnership, corporation, trust, or government agency and/or department.

Reportable sub-account – means any trading sub-account of an omnibus volume threshold account or omnibus reportable sub-account, which sub-account executes reportable trading volume.

Reportable sub-account controller – means a natural person who by power of attorney or otherwise actually directs the trading of a reportable sub-account. A reportable sub-account may have more than one controller.

Reportable trading volume – means contract trading volume that meets or exceeds the level specified in 17 CFR § 15.04.

Volume threshold account – means any trading account that executes, or receives via allocation or give up, reportable trading volume on or subject to the rules of a reporting market that is a board of trade designated as a contract market under § 5 of the Act or a swap execution facility registered under § 5h of the Act.

CFTC FORM 71

1. Re-confirmation of Omnibus Volume Threshold Account or Omnibus Reportable Sub-Account:

Account number [(auto-populated)] was identified on Form [[102B] OR [71] (auto-populated)] by [[clearing member] OR [preceding originator] (auto-populated)] as an [[omnibus volume threshold account] OR [omnibus reportable sub-account] (auto-populated)] on [reporting market (auto-populated)].

The following information was provided on Form [[102B] OR [71] (auto-populated)] regarding you as the originator (“Originator”) of this [[omnibus volume threshold account] OR [omnibus reportable sub-account] (auto-populated)]. Please update any incorrect information in the space provided below.

Name of Originator: [(Fields below will be auto-populated)] [space to correct incorrect info]

Street Address:

City:

State:

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Phone Number:

Contact Name:

Contact Job Title:

Contact Relationship to Originator:

Contact Phone Number:

Contact Email Address:

Originator Website (if any):

Originator NFA ID (if any):

Originator Legal Entity Identifier (if any):

2. Identification of Reportable Sub-Accounts:

The following questions request information regarding the allocation of trades from account number [[omnibus volume threshold account number] OR [omnibus reportable sub-account number] (auto-populated)] on [date (auto-populated)] on [reporting market (auto-populated)] to other accounts.

1. If you did not allocate any trades from account number [(auto-populated)] on [date (auto-populated)] on [reporting market (auto-populated)], check this box and proceed to part C: □

2. If you allocated trades from account number [(auto-populated)] on [date (auto-populated)] on [reporting market (auto-populated)], but the sum of allocations did not result in reportable trading volume for a recipient account on [date (auto-populated)], check this box and proceed to part C: □

3. If you allocated trades from account number [(auto-populated)] on [date (auto-populated)] on [reporting market (auto-populated)] that resulted in reportable trading volume for a recipient account, provide the following information for each such recipient account (hereafter, a “reportable sub-account”):

1. Identification of Omnibus Reportable Sub-Accounts.

(i) Is the reportable sub-account an omnibus reportable sub-account?

□ YES

□ NO

(ii) If NO, proceed to (b) below. If YES, indicate whether the omnibus reportable sub-account is a house or customer omnibus account and provide the contact information of the originator of the omnibus account.³

□ HOUSE

□ CUSTOMER

Name of Reportable Sub-Account Originator:

Account Number of Reportable Sub-Account:⁴

Street Address:

City:

State:

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Phone Number:

Contact Name:

Contact Job Title:

Contact Relationship to Originator:

Contact Phone Number:

Contact Email Address:

Originator Website (if any):

Originator NFA ID (if any):

Originator Legal Entity Identifier (if any):

2. Identification of Non-Omnibus Reportable Sub-Accounts:

1. For each reportable sub-account that is not an omnibus account, provide the requested information for each owner (“owner”) of the reportable sub-account.

Indicate whether the owner is a legal entity or a natural person:

Legal entity: □

Natural person: □

Name of Reportable Sub-Account Owner(s):

Street Address:

City:

State:

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Phone Number:

Email Address (if owner is a natural person):

Contact Name (if owner is not a natural person):

Contact Job Title:

Contact Relationship to Owner:

Contact Phone Number:

Contact Email Address:

Owner Website (if any):

Owner NFA ID (if any):

Owner Legal Entity Identifier (if any):

2. For each reportable sub-account that is not an omnibus account, provide the requested information for each reportable sub-account controller. (NOTE: a reportable sub-account controller must be a natural person.)

Name of Reportable Sub-Account Controller(s):

Street Address:

City:

State:

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Phone Number:

Name of Employer:

Job Title:

Relationship to Owner:

Email Address:

Controller NFA ID (if any):

After completing the applicable questions in part B.3, proceed to part C.

3. Signature/Authentication, Name, and Date:

Please sign/authenticate the Form 71 prior to submitting.

Signature/ Electronic Authentication of [Originator (auto-populated)]:

□ By checking this box and submitting this form (or by clicking “submit,” “send,” or any other analogous transmission command if transmitting electronically), I certify that I am duly authorized by [Originator (auto-populated)] to provide the information and representations submitted on this Form 71, and that the information and representations are true and correct.

Authorized Representative (Name and Position):

____________________ (Name)

____________________ (Position)

Submitted on behalf of:

____________________ [Originator (auto-populated)]

Date of Submission:

____________________

1 7 U.S.C. section 1, et seq.

2 Unless otherwise noted, the rules and regulations referenced in this notice are found in chapter 1 of title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations; 17 CFR Chapter 1 et seq.

3 House omnibus accounts exclusively contain the proprietary accounts of the omnibus account originator. Customer omnibus accounts contain the accounts of customers of the omnibus account originator. It is the obligation of the omnibus account originator to correctly identify the omnibus account type to the reporting entity.

4 The Account Number should be a number or other identifier that is known to the reportable sub-account originator.

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