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FLOORED Film Peeks Inside Chicago Trading World

February 1, 2010

Audience Reacts Positively to James Allen Smith’s Documentary on Chicago Floor Trading
On Thursday evening at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco, the professional women’s organization 100 Women in Hedge Funds sponsored the showing of Floored, a documentary by ex-floor trader James Allen Smith that offers a peek inside the lives, successes, and struggles of former traders [...]

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FLOORED Screening in San Francisco | 100 Women in Hedge Funds

January 8, 2010

Movie on Traders to be Screened in San Francisco
On January 28 the San Francisco investment management community will come together to watch the movie “FLOORED” which documents the issues facing floor traders as the industry continues its march away from traditional floor trading.  Please see the release below for more information.
Additionally, on an unrelated note, [...]

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CFTC Head Addresses Futures Industry in Chicago

October 21, 2009

Futures Industry Association Annual Expo
CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler today spoke at the Futures Industry Association’s annual expo in Chicago. While most of the Chairman’s speech  focused on the proposed regulation of the OTC derivatives markets, Chairman Gensler also discussed the recent SEC and CFTC Harmonization report. As you can imagine, Gensler [...]

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Series 3 Exam | Commodities & Futures Exam Topics

July 22, 2009

Hedge Fund Managers and the Series 3 Exam
Those managers who engage in commodities and futures trading (and who don’t qualify for an exemptions) will need to register as commodity pool operators with the CFTC and become members of the NFA.  In order to do this all owners and “associated persons” of the manager/CPO will need [...]

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Four CFTC Actions against CPOs and CTAs

February 16, 2009

This past week and a half has proven to be a busy time for the CFTC’s enforcement divisions as a number of actions have been released to the public.  The four actions below showcase the unlawful and unsavory behavior of four groups.  Specifically, two of the actions below provide details of two more Ponzi schemes [...]

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Annual Reminder for CPOs and CTAs

January 20, 2009

Commodity Firms Need to Complete Annual Regulatory Information

The NFA recently released a regulatory reminder to firms which are registered as commodity pool operators and/or commodity trading advisors.  The reminder reminds CPOs and CTAs that there are certain annual regulatory items which a firm must complete in order to remain in good standing with the NFA.  [...]

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