Notice of Commission Order - Application for Exemptive Relief - OneChicago, LLC

 
On October 14, 2016, the Commission issued an order (Order) (i) pursuant to section 147 of the Securities Act (Ontario) (OSA) exempting the Applicant from the requirement to be recognized as an exchange under section 21 of the OSA; (ii) pursuant to section 80 of the Commodity Futures Act (Ontario) (CFA) exempting the Applicant from the requirement to be registered as a commodity futures exchange under section 15 of the CFA; and (iii) pursuant to section 38 of the CFA exempting trades in contracts on the Applicant by hedgers, and by banks listed in Schedule 1 of the Bank Act (Canada) entering orders as principal and only for their own accounts, from the registration requirement under section 22 of the CFA.

A copy of the Order is published in Chapter 2 of this Bulletin.

The Commission published the Applicant's application and draft exemption order for comment on August 18, 2016 on the OSC website at www.osc.gov.on.ca and provided notice of the application and order in the OSC Bulletin. No comments were received and no changes were made to the draft exemption order.