The National Futures Association (NFA) held a workshop (workshop) in New York on October 23, 2012 to help commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs) – including hedge fund managers that trade commodity interests – determine whether they must register with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the NFA, and to understand their regulatory obligations if they are required to do so.  Topics discussed during the workshop included popular CPO and CTA registration exemptions; reporting requirements for registrants, including those related to disclosure documents and financial reports; requirements related to promotional materials and sales practices for registrants; and the NFA audit process.  This article provides feature length coverage of the key topics discussed during the workshop.