Compliance / Legal

As one of four NFA Board Members representing CTAs and CPOs, I'm working to represent the interests of a broad spectrum of money managers and traders. But just who are…

Most of the work I have been doing on the NFA board thus far has been trying to open the eyes of fellow board members and senior NFA staff to…

The CFTC is not done writing rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Bill. Customer protection is the focus and who can argue with that? However, it will have an impact on…

I’ve been asked to moderate the NFA Representatives Panel at the upcoming NIBA membership meeting in September. This is an opportunity I’ve been hoping for -- an opportunity to discuss…

The CFTC has amended its Rule 1.35 to require futures commission merchants (FCMs), certain introducing brokers (IBs), retail foreign exchange dealers and certain other registrants to record all oral communications…

Over the years I’ve found people perform varying degrees of due diligence of a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA). Some may only crunch the returns of the manager. Others will only…

To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure any professional Fund of Fund managers anywhere would admit using any of the techniques below, much less advocating their use. That said, in…

Since April 24, 2002, NFA Compliance Rule 2-9(c) has required all NFA Member FCMs and IBs to have an anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program in place. At a minimum, the…

Most introducing brokers (“IBs”) view their Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) obligations quite minimally but this can be a monumental mistake. Generally IBs believe their AML responsibilities are limited to ensuring a…

Federal law and NFA rules require Introducing Brokers to maintain an Anti-Money Laundering program implemented by written policies, procedures and controls. NFA provides a number of materials to help IBs…