Global Trading
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…
Use and Investment of Customer Funds by Financial Institutions
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…
Summary of Last Ten Year Trends in FCM/Listed Derivatives Industry
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…
Rice Dairy | Focus on the Membership – March 2012
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…
MF Global Customers Face Tax Reporting Issues
Commodity customers of failed futures broker MF Global, Inc., face several tax issues relating to the broker's liquidation. First, the customers must determine what tax items relating to their MF…
Straits Financial Hires Carol Dannenhauer and Forms LW Managed Accounts Division
Straits Financial LLC, a member and brokerage arm of the CWT Group, today announced it has hired Ms. Carol Dannenhauer as Executive Vice President and Head of its newly formed…
Senate Letter to IRS – Tax Guidance for MF Global Customers
The Honorable Douglas H. Shulman Commissioner of Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20224 February 27, 2012 Dear Commissioner Shulman We are writing on behalf…
CFTC Held Open Meeting to Consider One Final Rule and One Proposed Rule
Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a public meeting on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. For more details and a link to watch a live…
NFA Annual Meeting Review
Dear Members: I attended the NFA Annual Meeting today. As usual, there were more NFA employees than NFA members attending. The meeting lasted about 30-minutes and was very focused on…
Top 10 Google AdWords Mistakes Brokers Make When Generating Futures Leads
Google AdWords is the most effective, budget-friendly, and powerful way to generate futures leads. Ads can be displayed not only on Google but on websites of all sizes from CNBC…
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