Ronnie Lott Keynote Speaker at CTA Conference We are gearing up for the CTA Expo in Chicago next month. The CTA Expo, which is also held in New York and London, has become the go-to event for CTAs and others member of the managed futures industry. As always, the NIBA [...]

NIBA Conference / CTA Expo 2011 – New York, April 20-21 The NIBA and the CTA Expo are having their New York event this week.  Both events have a number of good sponsors and speakers and provide members of the managed futures industry with a great opportunity to network.  Bart [...]

Bart Mallon Speaking at Chicago CTA Expo This year’s Chicago CTA Expo will again be held the same week as the FIA Expo and it will be a day after the NIBA Sales and Marketing Conference.  Bart Mallon of Mallon P.C. will be a speaker at the event.  The full [...]

By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.colefrieman.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 [...]

By Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.colefrieman.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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]