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CFTC Issues an Exemption to the Korea Exchange Permitting Designated Korea Exchange Members to Deal Directly with U.S. Customers
February 9th, 2016
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order to the Korea Exchange (KRX) permitting certain KRX Members to solicit and accept orders and in connection therewith, accept funds directly from U.S. customers for trading on KRX without ...
NFA permanently barred an introducing broker firm
January 26th, 2016
National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred CC Trading Company LLC (CC Trading), an NFA Member introducing broker located in New York, N.Y., from membership and from acting as a principal of an NFA Member. The Decision, issued by an NFA Hearing ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
FINRA warns that trading Binary Options can be extremely risky
October 27th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert, Binary Options: These All-Or-Nothing Options Are All-Too-Often Fraudulent. FINRA published the alert to warn investors that trading binary options can be extremely risky. Unlike other types of options ...
Federal Court charges Alexander Glytenko and Direct Investment Products, Inc.
October 6th, 2015
Federal Court Orders Alexander Glytenko and His Company, Direct Investment Products, Inc., to Pay a Monetary Penalty and Restitution Totaling More than $3.8 Million in Connection with Commodity Pool Fraud The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced ...
NFA permanently barred firms from commodity trading advisor and pool operator membership
September 21st, 2015
NFA bars Burnet, Texas firm McElhannon Group from membership National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred the McElhannon Group, Inc. (McElhannon Group), an NFA Member commodity trading advisor, from membership and from acting as a principal of an NFA ...
NFA bars two British Virgin Islands firms from membership
August 31st, 2015
National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred Primary Assets Management Corporation (Primary Assets), an NFA Member commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator, and Accredited Investment Management Corp. (Accredited Investment), a former NFA Member introducing broker, from membership. Peter ...
NFA bars N.Y. firm Grace Financial Group LLC and its principal Christopher T. Bondy
August 12th, 2015
National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred Grace Financial Group LLC (Grace), an NFA Member introducing broker, and Christopher T. Bondy (Bondy), a principal and associated person (AP), from NFA membership. The Decisions as to Grace and Bondy, issued by NFA’s Business Conduct Committee (BCC), are ...
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company
August 10th, 2015
CFTC Charges New York Resident Gary Creagh and his Company, Wall Street Pirate Management, LLC, with Making False Statements to the National Futures Association The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action charging ...
NFA takes emergency enforcement action against commodity trading advisor
July 31st, 2015
National Futures Association (NFA) announced today that it has taken an emergency enforcement action against Jonathan Parker (Parker), an NFA Member commodity trading advisor (CTA) located in Woodstock, Ga. This action was taken to protect Parker’s customers since NFA believes that ...
