Hurricane Sandy caused unprecedented damage to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas. Power outages, loss of property, transportation disruptions, and trauma affected the financial community here more severely than…
In just this past year we have seen the futures industry make headline news from the unforeseen downfall of MF Global and the failing of PFGBest shortly thereafter. Media frenzy…
In 2012, NFA and CFTC introduced a range of rules aimed at increasing protection of customer funds held at FCMs. These rules, some of which are final and some of…
AlphaMetrix Group says its AlphaMetrix360 unit has been selected to help develop a system for separating and sequestering customer funds for futures commission merchants. The system is being built for…
Primary Markets Traded: Having been in the grain business since 1976 and at the KCBT since 1981; our expertise is grain futures and options. We primarily deal with commercial grain…
Given the political landscape for 2013, the choices you make in preparing your 2012 tax returns may carry greater importance than usual. 2013 will bring a wide variety of changes:…
Currency movements among the major central banks involved in ZIRP (zero interest rate policies) may dominate market attention as we move beyond (or resolve eventually) the US fiscal cliff debate.…
In 2010, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-form and Consumer Protec-tion Act, which states that the CFTC can fund customer education initiatives to help customers protect them-selves against fraud…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released a summary of a report -- expected to be released in full today -- on the collapse of MF Global…
Notice to Members I-12-26 November 9, 2012 Please Route To: Compliance/Legal Sr. Management NFA Announces Nominations Made by the 2012 Nominating Committee In accordance with NFA Bylaw 406, the Office…
