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Agricultural Options Update
Get the latest on volatility, volume, spreads and more…… This month’s update includes: Low implied volatility for Grains & Oilseeds Call skew higher for Grains & Oilseeds Hog & Feeder volatility elevated VIEW FULL REPORT ...
E-mini Russell 2000 Futures and Options Return to CME Group on July 10
The launch of E-mini Russell 2000® Index futures and options will extend an already broad selection of benchmark U.S. index contracts and offer you even more ways to manage risk and tap into liquidity. With more products, more ways to trade, and more capital efficiencies, get ready for a great return. Sign Up to Stay Up to Date ...
Joint NIBA/DePaul Symposium (July 20th)
Mark your calendars now for the 4th Annual Joint NIBA/DePaul University Symposium at the DePaul downtown campus, Jackson and State Street from 1:30 – 6:30pm. Sessions are currently being confirmed. Tentative: When was the last time you reviewed your marketing approach? Are you getting the results you want? How confident are you, your approach is meeting current compliance standards, including those for social media? Hey, CTAs/FCMs — are your operations watertight? Will the allocator you want to do business with, see it that way? All sessions are open to all industry professionals – FCMs, CTAs/CPOs, IBs and APs, as well....
Chairman’s Letter – May 2017
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of the CFTC. Recommendations for funding for the Commission, as well as for its various programs and activities, originate in this committee. The committee was formed in 1820 in order to give ag-issues equal weight with manufacturing and commercial issues in member deliberations. Chairmen have included Federalists and Whigs, as well as representatives from the Union during the Civil War years. Mike Conaway (R-TX) has been the committee chair since 2015. The Committee supports several subcommittees such as the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and....
NYC Conference Highlights
This year’s spring conference was a large success. Our speakers covered a wide range of topics and were very well received. For those of you who were not able to attend in person we were able to record the entire program and will be releasing video of the event in the near future inside our new member portal. Thank you to all of our members who continue to support this organization and contribute to the success of our conferences. A special thank you to our sponsors who make what we do possible. Options City, CME Group, Phillip Capital, Gain Capital....
NFA NYC Workshop May 10th 2017
Seats are still available for NFA‘s Member Regulatory Workshop in New York on May 10 and Chicago on May 11 Seats are still available for NFA‘s upcoming Member Regulatory Workshops for commodity pool operator (CPO) and commodity trading advisor (CTA) Members. If you’ve already registered, thank you. We look forward to your participation. The half-day workshops will be held at the New York Marriott Downtown in New York, N.Y. on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, and Summit West in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Each workshop includes two sessions—one on NFA Members’ regulatory obligations regarding cybersecurity and one on....
Ask NFA – April 2017
As your industry advocate, the NIBA provides many services which help your business stay in compliance with NFA regulations. “Ask the NFA,” is the way you can ask questions about those regulations and compliance requirements without having to call NFA directly. Just email us at [email protected] and we will get the answers for you. Please keep in mind the purpose of this contact is to keep the lines of communication between the NFA and NIBA members. This month’s questions were selected from those submitted by NIBA members. The answers were supplied by NFA staff. What are the guidelines for commission....
Housekeeping, Reminders and Updates – April 2017
Written by: Mark E. Ruddy, Esq. Jessica I. Brown, CAMS FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK Update to FATF List of Jurisdictions with AML/CFT Deficiencies On April 5, 2017, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an advisory announcing that the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) updated its lists of identified jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their frameworks to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation. The purposes of FATF’s lists are to track and monitor compliance with the international anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (“AML/CFT”) standards. The changes to FATF’s list may affect US financial....