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Retail FOREX Registration Regulations Proposed

January 14, 2010

Forex Managers Required to be Registered Under New Regulations
The much anticipated off-exchange retail foreign currency regulations were proposed today by the CFTC.  The release announcing the publication in the Federal Register is reprinted below and can be found here.  We will be providing an overview of the major provisions shortly.
The full proposed rules are posted [...]

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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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NFA Discusses Recent Forex Regulations

June 16, 2009

Answers Regarding Prohibition of Hedging Spot Forex Transactions
(www.hedgefundlawblog.com)  The NFA has certainly taken a lot of heat over its controversial rule to ban the practice of “hedging” in a single spot forex account.  Many retail investors have already begun establishing brokerage accounts offshore in order to utilize this trading strategy.  I recently talked with a [...]

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Offshore Forex Brokers Race To Fill “Hedging” Gap

May 15, 2009

NFA Compliance Rule 2-43 Outlaws Forex “Hedging” For NFA Registered Forex Dealers
(www.hedgefundlawblog.com) The new forex regulations have affected the industry in a number of ways.  Rule 2-43 especially has been a source of ire for some forex managers who have utilized a “hedging strategy” as part of their investment program.  In the forex hedging strategy [...]

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Discussion with CFTC Regarding Forex Registration

April 10, 2009

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No New Information on Forex Regulations
I have been getting more and more questions regarding forex registration and unfortunately I have not had much to say because there has been little information coming from the CFTC.  The NFA has done a good job of anticipating what those rules will generally look like, but the NFA (like [...]

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Forex Hedge Fund Articles

April 7, 2009

Below are a list of the articles which are devoted to forex hedge funds and the regulations involved in the off-exchange foreign currency markets.  Please contact us if you would like to start a forex hedge fund or if you would like information related to the forex registration requirements.
Forex Overview

What is Forex?  Forex Overview
Forex E-Micro

Forex [...]

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Passing the Series 34 Exam

April 2, 2009

By Bart Mallon, Esq.
www.series34exam.com
Discussion about How to Take and Pass the Series 34 Exam
On Thursday I took the Series 34 Exam and I passed.  I answered 30 out of 40 questions correctly for a 75% (it takes a 70% score to pass).  This score is not as good as I had hoped for, but it [...]

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Discussion about Forex Registration and the Series 34 Exam

March 16, 2009

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Creating Series 34 Exam Prep Materials
One central issue in the investment management industry is increases in regulation of previously unregulated or lightly regulated activities.  The major area which will see direct regulation within the next 12 months is the retail off-exchange foreign currency industry.  As we have discussed, forex managers and those parties which solicit [...]

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Forex E-Micro

February 19, 2009

New Forex Product Launched by CME
As the CFTC continues to work on promulgating rules which would require forex managers to register (the so called new forex registration rules), the CME has introduced a new forex product called the Forex E-micro which is geared towards the retail forex investor.  It is currently not clear how this [...]

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