Compliance / Legal

Written by:   Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Maria Fielding National Futures Association (“NFA”) Proposes Virtual Currency Activities Disclosure Requirements NFA submitted an Interpretive Notice to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”)…

How to Launch a Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund: Manager Registration Considerations Unlike other private funds, complex analysis is required to determine registration considerations for the manager of a crypto fund. This…

If you utilize suspense accounts this is an advisory that recently came out that if you haven't taken note of you should.  New guidance that will become effective on October…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has unanimously approved proposed amendments to its regulations to simplify obligations imposed on a self-regulatory organization (SRO) when carrying out…

On May 17, I represented the NIBA at the U.S. House Agricultural Committee Reception hosted by the NFA. This annual event takes during the days NFA holds its board meeting…

The US is not the only part of the world with new regulation to comply with.  The EU has recently put forth the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  If you…

Written by:      Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Maria Fielding National Futures Association (“NFA”) Stays Virtual Currency Reporting Requirements NFA announced on December 14, 2017 that it would require additional reporting requirements…