Representing CTAs & CPOs: a Large, Growing and Changing Constituency

As one of four NFA Board Members representing CTAs and CPOs, I’m working to represent the interests of a broad spectrum of money managers and traders. But just who are these constituents and what are their interests? The answer is not simple and increasingly a moving target. That is because the population of CTA/CPO member firms is rising exponentially. In 2012, the CFTC rescinded a widely held exemption for certain commodity pools. In addition, the CFTC broadened the the definitions of CTAs and CPOs to include swaps. As of the first quarter of 2013, those changes yielded over 1,100 new…

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