IASG has been serving commodity trading advisors,
commodity pool operators and the investors in those vehicles since 1992.
LongTail Alpha LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser and CFTC-registered
commodity pool operator and commodity trading adviser that focuses on adding value to portfolios during volatile markets.
Dr Chan is the Managing Member of the QTS Capital Management LLC., a
commodity pool operator and trading advisor.
Last year, for instance, a cyberattack against one of the world's largest fund administrators resulted in a series of fraudulent wire transfers that cost a
commodity pool operator (CPO) nearly $6 million in assets.
He had previously served as a consultant with Phoenix Global Capital Management and earlier served as chief executive officer, and in other executive positions at the
commodity pool operator and futures trading subsidiary of a major South Korean multinational conglomerate.
Commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors dually registered with the SEC and the CFTC are also required to file Form PF.
* Phillip Milton, Gregory Center, and William Center, who operated a $28 million Ponzi scheme in connection with a
commodity pool.
Effective January 1, 2013, HIRE requires a "foreign financial institution," which includes a bank, broker-dealer, hedge fund or
commodity pool formed under the laws of a non-U.S, country, to enter into an agreement with the IRS to report certain information about its "United States accounts" or be subject to a 30% U.S.
A "
commodity pool" is an alternative to mutual funds, but has many of the same characteristics.
Acting as a
commodity pool operator for private investment funds organized as
commodity pools that invest in assets in which a bank holding company is permitted to invest.
A hedge fund manager seeking to engage in commodities trading will, as a general rule, have to be registered as a
commodity pool operator with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and settling charges against Swapnil Rege, a former portfolio manager for a Connecticut-based hedge fund registered with the CFTC as a
commodity pool operator (CPO), for fraudulently mismarking swap valuations to artificially inflate the profits of his employers trading book in order to obtain an increased performance bonus.
