(www.hedgefundlawblog.com) Overview of Forex Registration & Compliance Issues By Bart Mallon, Esq. In preparation for the implementation of the new retail forex regulations, the NFA recently conducted a retail forex registration and compliance workshop in Las Vegas at the Trader’s Expo.  The workshop covered a number of topics which the [...]

SEC and CFTC Act to Halt New Fraud Another fraud was unveiled today as the SEC and the CFTC worked in conjunction to halt a ponzi scheme which purportedly made great returns by trading in the off-exchange foreign currency (forex) markets.  The scammer was a member of the deaf community [...]

Henderson Global Announces Forex Hedge Fund The British hedge fund manager will be launching a forex hedge fund in the first half of 2009.  The fund will be targeted towards institutional investors and will trade based on quantitative metrics.  The fund is expected to invest in G10 currencies and potentially [...]

Earlier we discussed a release by the NFA in which they expressed the desire to apply the NFA Compliance Rule 2-29 to current NFA Members who are involved in the off-exchange forex markets (see NFA Proposes Rule 2-29 Apply to Forex Members).  We believe that the CFTC will approve the [...]

(www.hedgefundlawblog.com) Today the NFA made two separate announcements regarding proposed new forex rules.  The announcements follow a series of similar announcements last week regarding new forex rules (see NFA Continues to Pursue Forex Regulation for Current Forex Dealer Members).  The first announcement dealt with additions to Compliance Rule 2-36 and [...]