Chairman’s Message | August 2012
Dear NIBA Member - Finding the right FCM to clear customer business is the #1 priority of most IBs right now. We know that over 50% of the IBs transferred…
FCM Risk Assessment – Trust and Verify
The recent insolvencies of MF Global and PFGBest, along with the near miss of Knight Capital, have sent customers scrambling to confirm the safety of their property and the financial…
New NFA Rules: Customer Protection and Others
Over the past several months, NFA has worked with the industry to develop a number of rules to strengthen the protection of customer segregated funds. We will describe these rules…
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…
Economic Outlook – Macro, Micro and Agricultural
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…
The Drought of 2012 – What It Means To Your Business
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…
Your FCM: Hero or Villain?
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…
NFA Aims to Bolster Protection for Futures Customers
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…
Reponse to Feedback | NIBA’s Letter to the Membership Regarding PFG’s Bankruptcy,
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…
The Plan, Stan—Moving Forward on a Futures Insurance Fund
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…
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