NFA Produces Compliance Webinar for Retail Forex Firms Since the CFTC passed its final rules on retail participation in off-exchange foreign currency markets back in October 2010, there has been an influx of newly registered introducing forex brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs), and commodity trading advisors (CTAs).  On June [...]

**** NATIONAL FUTURES ASSOCIATION FOREX INVESTOR ALERT OCTOBER 18, 2010 New Forex Rules Become Effective on October 18 On August 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued its final rules regarding retail off-exchange foreign currency (forex) trading in the United States. The rules, which become effective on October 18, [...]

Bart Mallon, Esq. – Mallon P.C. (www.forexregistration.com) NFA Releases Notice Regarding Forex Registration As we discussed in our post yesterday about outstanding issues with retail forex regulations, the NFA posted guidance regarding the final retail forex regulations passed by the CFTC earlier this week.  In general, the notice answers a [...]

Bart Mallon, Esq. (www.forexregistration.com) NFA to Issue Guidance on Regulations Now that the CFTC has finalized the retail Forex regulations the Forex community will now set forth to figure out exactly what will be happening next.  Today I called the NFA to get clarification on a couple of items with [...]

New Regulations Effective as of October 18, 2010 The final retail Forex regulations (which requires registration for forex CTAs, CPOs and IBs) have been published in the Federal Register.  The final regulations will be effective as of October 18, 2010.  The regulations were adopted essentially as written with the execption [...]

In January 2010, the CFTC proposed rules regarding regulation of retail off-exchange foreign currency (forex) products.  It received over 9,000 comments relating to the forex rules and will start publishing final rules this fall. One component of the proposed rules requires all forex account managers and pool operators to register [...]

NFA to Discuss Forex Registration in Vegas The NFA announced a workshop to inform forex managers about the various registration and compliance matters that managers will need to be especially aware of during the registration process.  While we do not yet know what the final rules will look like, we [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

(www.hedgefundlawblog.com) 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, [...]