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...
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Observations/Commentary AlphaMetrix settles with Commodities Futures Trading Commission By Lynne Marek, Crain's Chicago Business The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has reached a settlement with former futures fund manager AlphaMetrix that requires the defunct...
Brendan Kalb, Candidate for the NFA's Board of Directors as CTA/CPO Representative
Brendan Kalb of AQR Capital Management LLC 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...
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How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill? Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people; EU explores tougher curbs on City hedge fund managers
First Read $9,041/$300,000 (3%) How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change By John J. Lothian Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just. We might think of Peak6 as the firm with the...
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If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
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