New Year Wishes from AFEX
On behalf of the American Financial Exchange, I wish all the NIBA members a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. I know 2020 has been challenging, but I want to…
Cybersecurity – The World We Live In
By: Cameron R. Scullen, Esq., Associate Attorney, Ruddy Gregory, PLLC* In today’s modern day world, the issue of whether not traders and firms have adequate cybersecurity is constantly discussed. In…
Ransomware During COVID and the Need for Proactive Cyber Hygiene
By Braden Perry, Partner at Kennyhertz Perry, LLC Earlier this year, the COVID-19 pandemic caused businesses to rapidly deploy a remote workforce, which created new challenges for financial firms to…
Cyber Security: Safety, Compliance or Both?
Good security protects against cyber threats. Regulatory compliance protects your business too. NFA Interpretive Notice 9070 sets the requirements and guidelines for an effective security program that meets both cyber…
Cyber Security Update – October 2020
Work from Home has moved the front-line in cyber attacks from office desks to kitchen tables, and NFA member firms are responsible to follow the security guidelines of NFA 9070…
CFTC’S CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESPONSE
CFTC’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response By: Jua T. Tawah, Esq. As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) began taking action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic back in March,…
CFTC Announces Finalization of 2020-2024 Strategic Plan
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the finalization of the agency’s 2020-2024 Strategic Plan. The plan was unanimously approved by the Commission in May and was subject to a 30-day…
Futures That Don’t Look Like Futures
The Small Exchange launched new futures products that pair the efficiency of futures with the simplicity of stocks, on June 1, 2020. Built on the pillars small, standard, and simple,…
Chairman’s Letter July 2020
Dear Members - As we approach our 30th Anniversary Year, NIBA will look a bit different! Every one of us - IB, CTA, FCM or Service Provider, is crazy busy…
The NYSE FANG+ Index and NYSE FANG+ Index Futures
A Comparison to Other Indexes* The NYSE FANG+ Index is up 27.6% so far in 2020 (as of June 12, 2020) vs. 10.7% for the Nasdaq-100 and -5.9% for the…