Effective Date of Amendments to NFA Financial Requirements Sections 11 and 12 and the Interpretive Notice Regarding Forex Transactions
NFA has received notice that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved changes to NFA Financial Requirements Sections 11 and 12 and related changes to the Interpretive Notice titled “Forex Transactions.” The amendments adopt an alternative net capital requirement for Forex Dealer Members (FDMs) and eliminate the existing exemption from the security deposit requirement. These [...]
Federal Court Freezes Assets of Moroccan Resident Richmond Hamilton, Jr., and the Chicago Commodity Pool He Manages in a $1 Million Pool Anti-Fraud Case Brought by the CFTC
Court Appoints a Receiver to Identify Assets and Funds Owed Customers
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held by defendants Raleigh Capital Management, Inc. (RCM), of Chicago, Ill., and its sole principal, Richmond Hamilton, Jr., who resides in Morocco. The court’s [...]