The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action charging Gary Futch and his son, Bradley A Futch and their firm Tradewind Investments, LLC (Tradewind), with commodity options fraud. Tradewind was registered as a Commodity Trading Advisor from February 2008 through
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint against AlphaMetrix, a Chicago-based commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor. The complaint alleges that AlphaMetrix misappropriated funds belonging to commodity pools it operated and sent false or misleading
A total of some 156 million contracts were traded on the Eurex international derivatives exchange in September, a year-on-year increase of more than 16 per cent from 134 million contracts
Online foreign exchange portal FXall has announced record trading volume of more than USD90bn in a single day, along with a rise in average daily volume for September of more than 44 per c
The board of the Managed Funds Association, the leading US industry body for alternative investment managers, has chosen Eric Vincent, president of Ospraie Management, as its new chairman.
A total volume of 22.5 TWh was traded on PEGAS, the natural gas platform formed by cooperation between the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Powernext, and cleared by European Commodity Clearing (ECC) in October 2013. In the framework of this
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to wind up an unregistered managed investment scheme operated by Secured Bond Ltd. In proceedings on 28 May 2012, the Supreme Court also made final
A former audit partner at accounting and consulting firm BDO USA LLP has pleaded guilty to criminal charges for lying to SEC enforcement staff during investigative testimony. Ronald C Machen Jr, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, filed
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Donald R Wilson and his company, DRW Investments. The CFTC’s complaint charges Wilson and
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina entered an order of default judgment and permanent injunction against Barki, LLC of Mint Hill, N.C. The order, entered
