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JLN Managed Futures: Funds: What’s hot, what’s not; Why 2014 was another ‘banner year’ for trend-following funds; Pension funds seek riskier, illiquid bets to make returns they need
Observations/Commentary Looking Up: RJO's Gerry Corcoran Bullish On Managed Futures Jim Kharouf - JLN As CEO of one of the largest FCMs in the world, Gerry Corcoran of RJ O'Brien has diversified its services from futures execution and a clearing member firm to a host...
Looking Up: RJO’s Gerry Corcoran Bullish On Managed Futures
As chairman and CEO of one of the largest FCMs in the world, Gerry Corcoran of RJ O'Brien has diversified its services from futures execution and a clearing member firm to a host of other markets and businesses including managed futures. To him, the managed futures...
JLN Managed Futures: Managed futures making a come back; Barclay CTA Index gains 3.41% in January; As Hedge Fund Returns Falter, Money Continues to Flow In
Observations/Commentary Making It Attainable: RCM Buys Attain To Broaden Managed Futures Reach Jim Kharouf - JLN RCM Asset Management pushed further into the managed futures space today with the announcement it has acquired Attain Capital Management. With the move,...
Open Spaces: Coquest Looks to Expand in Managed Futures
Coquest is making a bigger push into the managed futures space. The firm, which announced the addition of Max Eagye as managing director last week to further expand its managed futures business, sees an opportunity to grow within the space with individual investors,...
Tough Nut: RCM Finds New Ways to Get Managed Futures to RIAs
Starting a new financial asset management company in the midst of a financial crisis does not seem like a great idea, particularly one focused on managed futures. But Bobby Schwartz saw an opportunity to move into the space and created RCM Asset Management in 2010....
JLN Managed Futures: Futures group board members file election complaint with CFTC; MF Global Holdings to pay $100 mln fine; Hot Fund Takes Wrong Turn
Observations/Commentary Meet our newest sponsor A warm welcome to FGMK Fund Dynamics as our newest sponsor. Led by Allen Goodman, the company provides process improvement consulting services for businesses of all sizes. Goodman, who previously served as CFO of Price...
James Koutoulas Needs to Put Up or Step Aside
NFA board of directors member James Koutoulas has made some troubling accusations about the nomination of public directors by the NFA Board’s Executive Committee. He needs to come forth with some convincing smoking gun, proving the conspiracy and cover up he is...
Checks and Balances: James Koutoulas Seeks NFA Board Transparency and Balance in Re-election Bid
This year's elections for the board of directors of the National Futures Association is underway. John Lothian News spoke with several of the candidates, including commodity trading advisor and Commodity Customer Coalition co-founder James Koutoulas, who looked at...
Unfinished Business: John Roe Asks for Two More Years on the NFA Board of Directors
This year's elections for the board of directors of the National Futures Association is underway. John Lothian News spoke with several of the candidates, including commodity trading advisor and Commodity Customer Coalition co-founder John Roe, first elected to the...
Brendan Kalb, Running for the NFA Board of Directors as CTA/CPO Again
Brendan Kalb of AQR is running for the NFA Board of Directors again. Last time he was matched up against rogue incumbent Douglas Bry. This time his opponent is another rogue incumbent CTA/CPO board member John Roe. Last spring the NFA Board of Directors created a...
JLN Managed Futures: Emerging Manager Forum Miami Dec 9; Newedge Commodity CTA Index Crosses 20% in Year-to-Date Performance; Autumn volatility puts managed futures top in class
Observations/Commentary Spelling It Out: Esther Goodman's Tips For Emerging Managers JohnLothianNews.com When Esther and Mark Goodman took time off after departing Kenmar Group, the couple decided they wanted to help funds and managers grow their businesses. The...
Spelling It Out: Esther Goodman's Tips For Emerging Managers
When Esther and Marc Goodman took time off after departing Kenmar Group, the couple decided they wanted to help funds and managers grow their businesses. The Goodmans started Conyers Group, and now serve as directors for some funds, work with emerging managers and are...
JLN Managed Futures: Which Direxion for 40 Act Funds; CTAs extend positive performance run into September; TeraExchange Completes First Bitcoin Derivatives Trade On Regulated Exchange
Observations/Commentary Share Your Secret Sauce! Alan Synder Says Emerging Managers Should Provide More Details JohnLothianNews.com Fund managers are faced with a myriad of challenges from trading and risk management to compliance and operating a business. But the...
Share Your Secret Sauce! Alan Snyder Says Emerging Managers Should Provide More Details
Fund managers are faced with a myriad of challenges from trading and risk management to compliance and operating a business. But the challenge of marketing and raising money can be most daunting of all. Jim Kharouf, editor-in-chief of John Lothian News, spoke with...
JLN Managed Futures: Managed futures enjoy rare strong performance; Barclay CTA Index Gains 1.63% in August; Why managed futures aren't getting the job done
Observations/Commentary Which Direxion for 40 Act Funds Jim Kharouf, John Lothian News The question for many in the managed futures industry at the CTA Expo in Chicago last month was where the next opportunity will come from. Several years now into the next big thing...
JLN Managed Futures: Trend-following hedge funds' future in doubt; CFTC Eases Hedge-Fund Advertising Ban; CTAs bounce back to post positive performance in August
Observations/Commentary Conference Season Open Jim Kharouf There are a couple of events coming to Chicago next week. CTA Expo will be held at the UBS Tower in Chicago on September 23. I will be there as well, on one panel titled "Public Relations And The...
JLN Managed Futures: Managed Futures: The Next Five Years; Industry waits for managed futures to recover from slip-up; Fewer Funds Reporting To Databases, But AUM Up
Observations/Commentary Managed Futures: The Next Five Years Campbell & Co. The past five years have proven phenomenal for investors in equity indices. Will the next five years offer the same opportunities? Even with the turmoil of the last few weeks, many believe...
JLN Managed Futures: SEC Launches Examination of Alternative Mutual Funds; Managed Futures Endure a Tough July; Use of alternative investments rising among the affluent
Observations/Commentary MarketsWiki Education Series Videos, First Installment Beginning today, John Lothian News is rolling out the videos from our recent summer intern education series. We begin with a talk from IIT professor Ben Van Vliet, who has written several...
JLN Managed Futures: Bucky Isaacson Interview with Michael Covel; Managed Futures Funds' Uncertain Future; Trend Following Isn't the Only Managed Futures Strategy
Observations/Commentary Bucky Isaacson Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio Michael Covel Synopsis: Michael Covel speaks with Bucky Isaacson on today’s podcast. Isaacson is one of the early pioneers of managed futures. In 1969, he helped to develop...
JLN Managed Futures: Some Words From Winton Capital’s David Harding; Barclay CTA Index Gains 0.87% in May; Managed-Futures Funds Still Popular
Observations/Commentary Some Words From Winton Capital’s David HardingAttain CapitalWinton's David Harding On HFT, CTAs, And QE Attain: You’ve recently been quoted saying “don’t call us an F*^%$ CTA…”, yet Winton makes up approximately 8% of BarclayHedge’s reported...
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$34,126/$300,000 (11.4%) ++++ Lead Stories Seeing red: tricky times in the markets Stefan Wagstyl - Financial Times As investors we like to think we're acting rationally, even though there are mountains of evidence to show that, all too often, we're not. A successful...
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