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February 28th, 2013, 12:54 PM
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What's Next on Capitol Hill
The comment period for the CFTC’s additional customer funds protection proposal is now closed. But there will be additional opportunities to advance the cause of greater retail forex protections...
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February 7th, 2013, 06:04 PM
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2nd CFTC Roundtable
The CFTC held another public roundtable on the PFG/MF Global customer protection proposals that are now open for comment:
MF Global Customer Funds Rules Get Another CFTC Hearing - Bloomberg...
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January 31st, 2013, 06:16 PM
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Judge Nears Decision in PFG Complaint
The bankruptcy judge for the PFG Best case is expected to decide on the complaint filed by the forex/metals account holders at PFG. AP has an article out detailing the conflict between futures and...
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January 14th, 2013, 12:25 PM
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The CFTC has now extended its open comment...
The CFTC has now extended its open comment period:
CFTC Extends Public Comment Period on Rulemaking Enhancing Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Future Commission Merchants...
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January 3rd, 2013, 12:24 PM
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Comments to CFTC Continue
The Futures Industry Association has submitted a comment letter to CFTC requesting the comment period be extended for one month due its concern that "increased costs imposed on FCMs will adversely...
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January 3rd, 2013, 12:24 PM
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Our focus has been on the FCM's since this is...
Our focus has been on the FCM's since this is where the funds are housed.
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December 24th, 2012, 12:57 PM
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NFA Proposes New Rules
The National Futures Association has put forth some additional customer "safeguard" rules in light of the of the bankruptcies of MF Global and PFG. Again, these are steps in the right direction but...
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December 14th, 2012, 01:28 PM
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FXCM Submits Reform Proposals to CFTC
FXCM has formally submitted its reform proposals to the CFTC for comment. We encourage everyone to contact CFTC as well to urge greater protections for the retail forex industry:...
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November 27th, 2012, 12:33 PM
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CFTC Publishes Early Comments
The CFTC has published some early comments regarding their additional customer funds protection proposals. Here is a sampling below:
http://comments.cftc.gov/PublicComments/CommentList.aspx?id=1291...
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November 19th, 2012, 12:26 PM
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CFTC Opens New Comment Period
Last week the CFTC released their latest rule proposal to the public regarding customer funds protection for the futures industry. Once again the CFTC is accepting comments from the public:
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November 12th, 2012, 12:59 PM
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NFA Debuts New Basic Report
The NFA has debuted its new financial reporting section on the BASIC search part of their website:
NFA provides public online access to FCM financial information...
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October 29th, 2012, 06:26 PM
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Due Diligence Red Flags
The CFTC is expected to formally submit their reform proposals to the federal register, which will once again give customers a chance to make comments. I’ll post a link once it is available. In the...
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October 23rd, 2012, 04:29 PM
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Thanks DJ
Thanks DJ
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October 23rd, 2012, 04:28 PM
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CFTC Announces Reform Proposals
Chairman Gary Gensler put out a press release today announcing a series of reforms designed to afford customers greater protections in the futures industry. It does not appear retail forex has been...
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October 18th, 2012, 05:05 PM
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CFTC to Hold Open Meeting on Additional Customer Protections
The CFTC has just announced they will be holding an open meeting to consider additional customer protections for the futures industry next Thursday.
CFTC to Hold Open Meeting to Consider a Notice...
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October 12th, 2012, 12:15 PM
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PFG Forex Customers to File Suit against Trustee
In yesterday's hearing on Drohan Lee LLP's motion on behalf of PFG's retail forex customers Judge Carol Doyle advised the plaintiffs to file an "adversary" suit against the Trustee to force him to...
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October 9th, 2012, 04:46 PM
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PFG Forex Traders Make their Case in Court
The lawyers for PFG's Forex/Metals customers have just filed a motion designed to prevent creditors from laying claim to the funds of forex traders. The hearing for this motion is set for Thursday...
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October 5th, 2012, 02:35 PM
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FCMReform
It remains to be seen how much money futures...
It remains to be seen how much money futures traders will be getting back either. But trading currency futures and currency spot forex are different products.
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October 5th, 2012, 01:26 PM
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FCMReform
RFED's do not have seg funds protection either. ...
RFED's do not have seg funds protection either. The issue here is that there is a potential in the PFG Bankruptcy for the bankruptcy judge to parcel out retail forex funds to other creditors...
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October 5th, 2012, 11:40 AM
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PFG Trustee Moves on to Retail Forex
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that PFG's trustee is now going to address the status of PFG's retail forex customers:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj
Of further...
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October 2nd, 2012, 12:43 PM
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PFG Forex Traders Still at the Back of the Line
The PFG bankruptcy proceedings are turning into a tragedy for PFG's retail forex customers who may now be forced to stand by and watch their funds be used to reimburse customers who traded...
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September 28th, 2012, 01:35 PM
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CFTC Releases Roundtable Transcript
The CFTC has released a transcript from the public roundtable that was held in August.
http://www.cftc.gov/ucm/groups/public/@newsroom/documents/file/transcript080912.pdf
While retail forex is...
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September 25th, 2012, 11:43 AM
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Reuters Special Report on PFG
Reuters has just published an exhaustive two part special report on the fraud perpetrated by Russ Wassendorf. Wassendorf spent tens of millions of dollars on luxury items and in failed business...
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September 20th, 2012, 08:03 PM
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PFG Distributions Begin
The federal bankruptcy judge in the PFG case authorized a series of initial customer distributions today. PFG Customers to Get Money Back | Fox Business...
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September 18th, 2012, 01:02 PM
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FCMReform
FCMs are required to file the first full monthly...
FCMs are required to file the first full monthly report pursuant to Financial Requirements Section 16 by October 23, 2012 for the month ended September 30, 2012. NFA intends to add the FCM Financial...
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