Housekeeping, Reminders and Updates – July 2017
Written by: Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Jessica I. Brown, CAMS Commodity Trading Advisors (“CTAs”) Third-Party Record Keeping Relief CTAs now have the ability to request relief from certain Commodity Futures…
Written by: Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Jessica I. Brown, CAMS Commodity Trading Advisors (“CTAs”) Third-Party Record Keeping Relief CTAs now have the ability to request relief from certain Commodity Futures…
Written By: Leslie Sutphen, President, Financial Markets Consulting, LLC There has been much talk about repealing most of the Dodd-Frank act now that we have a change of party in…
Combined company will deliver an expanded set of front office products and services, including market access, risk management & analytics New York, London, Chicago, June 20, 2017 – Vela Trading…
John Lothian's keynote speech at the NIBA-DePaul Symposium is titled "Brexit and other Extraordinary Popular Delusions." The former Introducing Broker and longtime newsletter publisher will reflect on the potential impact…
We are pleased to have a panel this year that will focus on the regulatory considerations—the “traps”—that await CTAs who market funds or managed account programs. We will center on…
“Taking it to a Whole ‘Nother Level” - Eugene Struthers (2004-2009) Keegan-Michael Key, American writer and actor uttered this famous phrase in character as “Eugene Struthers” on the late night…
By: Scott Kruse - Turnkey Trading Partners The State of Illinois is bankrupt. Whether anyone will acknowledge that or not is up for debate. Readers who are not familiar with…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry this morning voted overwhelmingly to confirm the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo as Chairman for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.…
This year's NIBA/DePaul University Symposium is rapidly approaching and is shaping up to be another excellent event. Last year DePaul's rooftop deck was under construction and this year we have…
Recently, a new rule went into effect at the Department of Labor that may have some implications on your business. To the extent that you recommend trading systems, CTAs…