First Read Chicago Venture Capital Firms Are Funding Fintech Sarah Rudolph, JLN Chicago may not be doing as well as some other cities in certain areas, but it is leading the charge in technological innovation in the financial world...
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CBOE Holdings Becomes Cboe Global Markets; Clearing Stress Tests; SGX Chicago Office
First Read Hits & Takes Welcome to Deep Dive, our new show that features in depth conversations with key professionals in the industry. Our first two shows include key professionals from Trading Technologies. Today, Brian Mehta, chief marketing officer, is joined...
Breaking Down Managed Futures – Jay Feuerstein
“It’s a strategy that makes money over time, but actually makes a lot of money when the world blows up.” In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Jay Feuerstein, managing director at Budo Group, talks about managed futures and...
The Snowballing Power of the VIX, Wall Street’s Fear Index; Wall Street’s self-regulator allows safe havens for tainted brokers; Trump Team Proposes Broad Rethink of Financial Rulebook
First Read Line-up for MarketsWiki Education Series in NY and Chicago By John J. Lothian We have set the line-ups of speakers for the MarketsWiki Education series in New York and Chicago. Here is the list of the speakers and the days they will be presenting. On July...
Nasdaq’s Blueprint for a New Era of Trading; Revitalizing the Capital Markets; Managed-Futures Fund Launches In Q1 2017
First Read So You Want Data? Julie Armstrong Menacho Says CME Is Transforming Data JohnLothianNews.com Every exchange is looking at new ways to store, package and provide data to end users. CME's Julie Armstrong Menacho said the exchange is creating platforms for the...
Brand New: Hehmeyer Moves Into Managed Futures & More
Sometimes it's time to diversify. Chris Hehmeyer formed a new firm called Hehmeyer Trading & Investments LLC that will expand into the managed futures and introducing broker space. The renamed company comes from his prior firm, HTG Capital Partners, which acquired...
JLN Managed Futures: Man GLG Hires Money Managers Hill, Lynch From Moore Capital; Newedge CTA Index ekes out a slight gain for 2015; Hedge Fund Flows Collapse in 2015
Observations/CommentaryNFA Election, CTA/CPO Category - A Heated Race Doug Ashburn - JLN Though the election for U.S. President is still nearly a year away, most of us have grown tired of the daily dosages of Donald, Hillary, Bernie, Ted, Ben, et. al. Besides, for...
JLN Managed Futures: Risk Parity, CTA Flows ‘Pose Risk for Fundamental Investors,’ JPMorgan Says; CTA/managed funds lose out to global macro allocations; ‘Alternative’ Mutual Funds Providing Limited Protection
Observations/CommentaryCTA Expo Update Doug Ashburn - John Lothian News CTA Expo returns to Chicago on September 17, 2015, at the UBS Center at 1 N. Wacker Dr. On the afternoon of the 16th, there is a half-day program for registered traders,"The Rules of the Game -...
Fund Injection: Peter Borish Looks to Ramp Up Managed Funds Space
Peter Borish has seen the ups and downs in the fund space over his career. Now as chief strategist at Quad Advisors, he is focused on providing key infrastructure services to the managed funds space. Borish spoke with John Lothian,...
Jack Schwager on Market Wizards and How the CTA Space is Changing (Part 1)
Jack Schwager is a well-known name in the financial market community today, as author of trading classics such as: Market Wizards in 1989, The New Market Wizards in 1992 and Stock Market Wizards in 2001. He’s added to the series in May 2012, with Hedge Fund Market...
Campbell's Tom Lloyd Talks Managed Futures Mutual Funds and JOBS Act
Tom Lloyd is general counsel at Campbell & Co., a Baltimore, MD-based provider of absolute return investment management, specializing in systematic managed futures and equity market-neutral strategies. Lloyd, a former managing director for Deutsche Bank Alex...
Debby Hallett of Arthur Bell CPAs on Performance Reporting for CTAs & Managed Accounts
Debby Hallett is director of performance analysis for Arthur Bell Certified Public Accountants, a firm specializing in audit, tax, accounting, and advisory services for the alternative investment sector. Hallett, a licensed CPA, focuses on CTA and fund manager...
Todd Fulton of Pioneer Futures on CTA Fees, Capacity Caps and Managed Futures Mutual Funds (Part 2/2)
Todd Fulton, vice president, managed futures at Pioneer Futures, has been around the CTA space for more than 20 years. In Part 2 of our conversation, he spoke with JLN Managed Futures editor Jim Kharouf about emerging managers’ impact on the managed futures space as...
Todd Fulton of Pioneer Futures on What Investors Want in Emerging Managers (Part 1/2)
Todd Fulton, Vice President, Managed Futures at Pioneer Futures, has been around the CTA space for more than 20 years. He spoke with JLN Managed Futures editor Jim Kharouf about just what it is that attracts investors to emerging CTAs, why he isn’t sold on Sharpe...
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