"Factors Affecting the Birth and Fund Flows of
Commodity Trading Advisors." Working paper, 2011.
(310) In the interim, however, Congress amended the Bankruptcy Code in 1978 to add subchapter IV (311) and amended the CEA in 2000 to address the regulatory status of swaps, (312) and the CFTC adopted a variety of rules, including rules governing disclosures by FCMs,
commodity trading advisors, and commodity pool operators, as well as, of course, its Part 190 rules.
ACA serves a diverse base of investment advisers, private fund managers,
commodity trading advisors, investment companies, broker-dealers, and banks.
This so-called performance dispersion was so great that more than 20% of
commodity trading advisors dissolved their businesses that year.
<p>Persons who solicit orders, exercise discretionary trading authority and operate pools with respect to retail forex would also be required to register, either as introducing brokers,
commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, or as associated persons of such entities.
In this survey, we attempt to summarize and provide an overview of the academic research on hedge funds and
commodity trading advisors (CTAs).
With offices in North America, Europe and Asia, FlexTrade has a worldwide client base spanning more than 200 buy-side and sell-side firms, including many of the largest hedge funds, asset managers,
commodity trading advisors, investment banks and institutional brokers.
Young notes there's always been a "level of difficulty" for investment advisors to find
commodity trading advisors and access how information is reported back to the RIA.
She represents investment advisers and
commodity trading advisors in connection with the organization, offering and management of funds, managed accounts and commodity pools and advises them on regulatory matters, transactions, product structuring and offerings, trading agreements and derivatives.
The company's services include set-up and registration of new investment advisers, broker/dealers, commodity pool operators, and
commodity trading advisors; support for coordination and defense of actual regulatory audits, investigations, inquiries, and sweeps; and strategic counseling on fund organization, registration, and back and middle office staffing.
Seventeen percent of managers said they would look to long/short equity as their diversification route, 11% to
commodity trading advisors and 8% to global macro.
derivatives markets, announced the launch of Coquest Advisors, an independent research and advisory firm that will provide due diligence on
commodity trading advisors and hedge funds and target the most talented investment managers for its clients.
