The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed and settled charges against Daniel J. Bealko, General Motors’ former global commodity manager for lightweight metals, for knowingly engaging in unauthorised futures and options trading as part of his criminal scheme to
Jennifer L Nye, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman Cornish LLP, outlines the latest SEC rules with regard to offshore hedge fund advisers.<
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has determined not to issue grandfather relief at this time to parties that petition the commission to continue to operate in reliance upon the Commodity Exchange Act’s exempt commodity exemption for bilateral swaps after the
The former Head of Coudert Brothers’ Global Investment Funds Practice has joined Proskauer Rose LLP along with three other Coudert at
The CFTC has Charged Stuart Pippin of Pippin Investments with fraud for issuing false trading results to pool participants. Gregory G.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have published a notice requesting public comment on defining certain key terms and in prescribing regulations regarding mixed swaps, as required by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued Orders against Adam Flavin and Peter Grady, traders at a commodity merchandising firm, filing and settling charges of attempted manipulation of the price of certain wheat futures and options contracts that were
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has charged Robert Mihailovich, Sr., and Growth Capital Management, both of Rockwall, Texas, with fraudulent solicitation in connection with the trading of commodity futures contracts and leveraged foreign currency. Mihailovich, Sr., is a felon
Boaz Manor, a founding partner of Portus Alternative Asset Management, fled to Israel days before an investigation into the collapse of the Portus hedge fund. KPMG,
