CFE Approved Foreign Jurisdictions
CFE Rule 305B
CFE Rule 305B provides that each TPH shall be organized under the laws of, and is solely responsible for ensuring that the location of any CFE Workstation is in, the United States or a foreign jurisdiction expressly approved by CFE. Pursuant to Chapter 1 of CFE's Rulebook, a CFE Workstation is any computer connected directly to the CFE System, by means of an Exchange defined protocol, for the purpose of trading Contracts. The CFE System includes CFE's trading system as well as any connectivity to CFE's trading system that is administered by or on behalf of CFE, such as a communications hub in a foreign jurisdiction.
Therefore, each TPH must be organized under U.S. law or the laws of a foreign jurisdiction approved by CFE and any TPH computer not in the U.S. which is directly connected to the Cboe System for trading purposes must be located in a foreign jurisdiction approved by CFE. This CFE requirement is not intended to restrict a TPH branch that is located in a non-approved jurisdiction from sending an order to a TPH branch in an approved jurisdiction for submission to CFE.[1]
CFE Approved Foreign Jurisdictions
The following is a list of foreign jurisdictions approved by CFE:
- Alberta*[2]
- Australia*
- Brazil*
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Croatia
- Czech Republic*
- Denmark
- Gibraltar
- Hong Kong*
- Ireland
- Isle of Jersey
- Israel*
- Italy*
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia*
- Mauritius*
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Peru*
- Poland
- Russia*
- Singapore*
- South Korea*
- Spain
- Switzerland*
- Taiwan*[3]
- Thailand*
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- CFE reminds TPHs that the submission of orders from foreign jurisdictions must comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Canada's approval process is by province. Other Canadian provinces are not currently CFE approved foreign jurisdictions.
- Taiwanese TPHs may only enter orders and execute transactions on CFE in IBHY, VX, and VXM futures and not in any other CFE products.
- * Indicates an additional form is required to become a CFE TPH in this jurisdiction.