Risk Assessment – FCM Style
Today’s FCMs face not just one risk, but many. Regulatory changes may dramatically alter the business model and viability of some. For other, managing risk associate with outsourcing key operations…
Today’s FCMs face not just one risk, but many. Regulatory changes may dramatically alter the business model and viability of some. For other, managing risk associate with outsourcing key operations…
David Oppedahl is a business economist in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where he directs the Chicago Federal Reserve District’s survey of agricultural banks…
U.S. corn and soybean yields were dramatically reduced by the drought and heat wave of 2012. Hints of the drought began in mid-May as the coverage of subsoil dryness rapidly…
To put it lightly, selecting a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) has become increasingly difficult during the last year. With the failure of MF Global (“MFG”), Peregrine Financial Group (“PFG”), and…
The National Futures Association's board of directors has approved rules that would require futures brokerage to provide regulators with view-only online access to customers' account information. If the Commodity Futures…
Subsequent to NIBA’s letter to the membership regarding PFG’s bankruptcy, we’ve had additional in-depth conversations with senior officials at the regulatory agencies and at the PFG trustee’s office. Here is…
Statement of Commissioner Bart Chilton on the Futures Investor and Customer Protection Act (FICPA) Proposal August 9, 2012 Last November, in the wake of the MF Global debacle, I called…
The Trustee is working to be able to distribute funds to customers, with the authorization of the Bankruptcy Court, as soon as possible. However, the Trustee must ensure that any…
The trustee liquidating MF Global Inc. (MFGLQ) won court approval to receive $130 million from CME Group Inc. to pay back the bankrupt brokerage’s customers and other creditors. U.S. Bankruptcy…
A shortfall in customer funds revealed at Peregrine Financial Group last month renewed calls for an insurance program for futures customers, but the plan still faces many hurdles, including getting…