NIBA’s Semi-Annual Legal Review Summary
Many introducing brokers (IBs) have claims in the MF Global Inc. (MFGI) SIPA liquidation. These claims have generally been for IB proprietary funds held in MFGI segregated futures accounts and…
Many introducing brokers (IBs) have claims in the MF Global Inc. (MFGI) SIPA liquidation. These claims have generally been for IB proprietary funds held in MFGI segregated futures accounts and…
Coordinated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, National Futures Association and other strategic partners such as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the CME…
Chicago, IL—April 17, 2012—Gate 39 Media, a web marketing and development firm specializing in online solutions for the futures industry, announces the launch of its Clarity Portfolio Viewer™. Clarity Portfolio Viewer…
By Bryan Durkin, CME Group Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Products & Services We are pleased to announce that registration resources are now available for the CME Group Family…
Lawmakers on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on March 28 to investigate the events that led to the loss of customer…
For the past several years, I have served a s Special Advisor to the IB Advisory Committee of the NFA. At last week’s meeting, NFA staff presented several proposals in…
As an IB, you may well have clients outside the US. In these cases, the need for non-US price data and currency conversions, time differences, language issues and more can…
1. Introduction Regulation 1.25, promulgated by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), sets forth the types of products and instruments in which futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) and derivatives…
Overview of the Last Ten Years of Segregated Funds Data for US FCM’s: Source: CFTC, in Billion USD. 10 Year Evolution of Segregated Funds: As illustrated above, 2011 & 2009…
How did you get started? How did the firm get started? Brian Rice and Pete Turk, the owners of Rice Dairy LLC have a combined 45 years of experience in…