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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
NIBA will hold its Spring Membership Conference April 18, 2012 in New York City at the NYMEX Building, 1 No. End Avenue. Registration and Coffee begin at 12:30pm; sessions begin…
