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CTA Lead List Basics

November 6, 2009

By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.mallonpc.com)
“Purchased Lead Lists and How to Use Them”
A good resource for CTAs that are actively trying to raise money are lead lists – lists of names and contact information of potential future clients or investors.  This overview is for the CTA Expo 2009 program entitled Purchased Lead Lists and How to [...]

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CTA Regulatory and Compliance Discussion

November 2, 2009

By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.mallonpc.com)
“Compliance in a Changing Environment”
As we are all well aware both the investing and the regulatory environments have experienced a dramatic refocusing on compliance and related issues in the wake of the 2008 meltdown and the Bernie Madoff affair.  This overview is for the CTA Expo 2009 program entitled Compliance in [...]

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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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CTA Expo 2009

October 16, 2009

Commodity Trading Advisor Conference
Next week there will be a conference for Commodity Trading Advisors held in Chicago at the Hotel Monaco.  The conference, entitled the CTA Expo 2009, will be held on Wednesday and will feature a variety of topics of interest to CTAs.  The agenda includes:

Continental Breakfast
Marketing for Small CTAs
Compliance in a Changing Environment
Purchased [...]

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CTA and CPO Registration and Compliance Guide

October 15, 2009

Practical guidance for CTA and CPO firms
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs) have been contacting me with greater regularity and we have decided to provide those firms with more detailed information on their registration and compliance requirements. Over the course of the next few weeks we will be continually updating [...]

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