John Roe

NFA Election – Ernest Jaffarian reply to statements of James Koutoulas and John Roe

by John Lothian | Jan 3, 2016

From Ernest Jaffarian:I find it necessary to speak to a number of mischaracterizations regarding the service of Doug Bry and myself on the NFA Board.It was Doug Bry who originally suggested to me in 2011 that I pursue election to the NFA Board. He did so out of a...

Dear Mr. Roe, Thanks for the Reply

by John Lothian | Dec 21, 2015

John Roe has responded to my editorial supporting Ernest Jaffarian and Doug Bry over him and James Koutoulas for the upcoming election. He posted it on the Commodity Customer Coalition website. As promised, I posted it to John Lothian News, excerpting it in a blog...

John Roe Responds to John Lothian Endorsement of Doug Bry and Ernest Jaffarian for NFA Board of Directors

by John Lothian | Dec 18, 2015

John Roe is a candidate for the Board of the National Futures Association representing CTAs and CPOs. He is running on a platform along with James Koutoulas for the Board. I endorsed their competition, Doug Bry and Ernest Jaffarian, who, like Koutoulas and Roe, are...

A Tale of Two Responses

by John Lothian | Dec 14, 2015

My commentary about the NFA CTA/CPO election on Friday elicited different responses from the candidates I did not endorse; John Roe and James Koutoulas. Roe sent a respectful note, asked for a public clarification of some points and the opportunity to respond in this...

Vote Doug Bry and Ernest Jaffarian for NFA Board, CTA/CPO Category

by John Lothian | Dec 10, 2015

With the permission of Doug Bry, Ernest Jaffarian and NFA election guidelines, I am writing you to urge your support of Doug and Ernest in the current NFA Board of Directors election. You should be receiving your ballots shortly. Doug Bry and Ernest Jaffarian deserve...

James Koutoulas Needs to Put Up or Step Aside

by John Lothian | Dec 31, 2014

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...

John Lothian Newsletter: China May Allow Foreigners to Invest in Futures; Singapore's Stock Exchange Looks to Make Trading More Attractive for Individuals; Pimco’s Seksaria Fired After CME Fine Tied to Trading

by JLN Staff | Dec 31, 2014

First Read NFA's Chairman and Executive Committee respond to recent allegations of improprieties regarding the 2014 public director nominations National Futures Association Member Notice Dear Member of NFA, In January of each year, NFA's Executive Committee makes...

Unfinished Business: John Roe Asks for Two More Years on the NFA Board of Directors

by JLN Staff | Dec 30, 2014

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

by John Lothian | Dec 26, 2014

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...

The Rogue Incumbents of the NFA Board

by John Lothian | Dec 23, 2013

Until two years ago the elections for the board of directors of the National Futures Association was a pretty much a sure thing for the incumbents. However, when Doug Bry and Ernest Jaffarian ran as write-in nominees, after not getting the nod from the NFA Nominating...

John Lothian Newsletter: London Quant Funds Report Second Year of Losses; BNY Mellon wins Europe depository backing; Asking Hedge Funds to Turn Themselves In

by JLN Staff | Jan 8, 2013

London-based hedge funds using computer algorithms for trend-based trading finished in the red for the second year in a row. BNY Mellon bank gets approval to start a central securities depository in Europe, to fill clearing needs prompted by new regulation. Regulators...

A Radical Choice in NFA’s CTA/CPO Election Category

by John Lothian | Dec 17, 2012

Turnover on the NFA's Board of Directors comes infrequently. I can't remember a single instance where a non-Nominating Committee slated candidate succeeded in being elected until Ernest Jaffarian and Douglas Bry were elected last year. This year could be the same with...