Code of Federal Regulations · Section
§ 240.3a67-6 — a67-6 Definition Of “financial Entity.”
17 C.F.R. § 240.3a67-6
(a) General. For purposes of section 3(a)(67) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(67), and § 240.3a67-1, the term financial entity means:
(1) A swap dealer;
(2) A major swap participant;
(3) A commodity pool as defined in section 1a(10) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(10));
(4) A private fund as defined in section 202(a) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-2(a));
(5) An employee benefit plan as defined in paragraphs (3) and (32) of section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002); and
(6) A person predominantly engaged in activities that are in the business of banking or financial in nature, as defined in section 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843k).
(b) Exclusion for centralized hedging facilities—(1) General. Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, for purposes of this section the term financial entity shall not encompass a person that would be a financial entity solely as a result of the person's activities that facilitate hedging and/or treasury functions on behalf of one or more majority-owned affiliates that themselves do not constitute a financial entity.
(2) Meaning of majority-owned. For these purposes the counterparties to a security-based swap are majority-owned affiliates if one counterparty directly or indirectly owns a majority interest in the other, or if a third party directly or indirectly owns a majority interest in both counterparties to the security-based swap, where “majority interest” includes, but is not limited to, the right to vote or direct the vote of a majority of a class of voting securities of an entity, the power to sell or direct the sale of a majority of a class of voting securities of an entity, or the right to receive upon dissolution or the contribution of a majority of the capital of a partnership.
Authorizing Statute
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Records and reports15 U.S.C. § 78q
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Registration of securities15 U.S.C. § 77f
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Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers15 U.S.C. § 78o
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Foreign securities exchanges15 U.S.C. § 78dd
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Information required in registration statement15 U.S.C. § 77g
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General provisions of a liquidation proceeding15 U.S.C. § 78fff
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Necessity for regulation15 U.S.C. § 78b
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Proxies15 U.S.C. § 78n
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Classes of securities under this subchapter15 U.S.C. § 77c
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Registration requirements for securities15 U.S.C. § 78l
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Executive compensation and corporate governance12 U.S.C. § 5221
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Findings and purposes12 U.S.C. § 5461
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Creation; membership; compensation and expenses12 U.S.C. § 241
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Short title15 U.S.C. § 78a
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Trading by members of exchanges, brokers, and dealers15 U.S.C. § 78k
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Manipulative and deceptive devices15 U.S.C. § 78j
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Operations of designated financial market utilities12 U.S.C. § 5465
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Definitions and application15 U.S.C. § 78c
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National securities exchanges15 U.S.C. § 78f
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Rules, regulations, and orders; annual reports15 U.S.C. § 78w
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Comprehensive energy plan15 U.S.C. § 781
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Transaction fees15 U.S.C. § 78ee
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Failure of corporate officers to certify financial reports18 U.S.C. § 1350
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Definitions7 U.S.C. § 1a
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Definitions29 U.S.C. § 1002