The Wall Street Journal
Look for drivers – but not oil – to help steer a turnaround in commodities, according to Typhon Capital Management. The eight-year-old firm — famous for advocating for a group of clients hurt by MF Global Holdings Ltd — is making a big bet on biofuels, its leaders are telling investors at Context Summits, a conference in Miami. Governments around the world are pushing for cleaner energy, and that’s likely to lead to major recoveries for corn, sugar and grains as new laws mandate more biofuels to replace crude-based gasoline and diesel, said Cy Monley, portfolio manager.
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Typhon Capital Bets Big on Biofuels
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MF Global Advocate Koutoulas At Center of Controversy Again
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At the center of controversy’s spotlight is a familiar figure, James Koutoulas, an elected board member of the National Futures Association representing derivatives-based hedge funds known as CTA’s and CPO’s. Koutoulas was hailed in 2012 for his efforts on behalf of a portion of MF Global account holders who initially lost funds from their segregated accounts and was swept into office resulting from his popularity generated from the media spotlight. But now, four years and two elections later, a survey of National Association of Introducing Brokers board members shows Koutoulas having diminishing support among the group as he engages in what appears like a cat fight with some of the derivatives industry’s most storied names. -
Black Monday No Surprise, Says Analysts
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James Koutoulas, CEO of Typhon Capital Management in Chicago, concurs that today’s sell-off was overdue. “China’s central bank has been exposed as desperate and impotent, and the Fed has precious few bullets left,” he says. Typhon Capital design and manages multi asset class volatility portfolios as both alternative allocations and overlay exposures. According to Koutoulas, who says that his firm has been in reduced risk mode across its commodities strategies for weeks and preparing for a pullback in equities in its overlay positioning, the worst may not yet be over. -
Despite bumpy June/July, CTAs hold on
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His point is echoed by James Koutoulas, CEO of Typhon Capital Management, a Chicago-based CTA. “CTAs definitely attracted a ton of capital post-2008, but more allocators are digging deeper into the wide universe of strategies that have nothing to do with trend-following. Many of those strategies have absolutely nothing to do with what the equity market is doing.” -
There’s only one thing Wall Street hates about Hillary Clinton, and it has nothing to do with all the scandals
And for a lot of Wall Street, that’s where the shadiness (or as White would call it, distastefulness) begins and ends — with that rhetorical disconnect. Some, like James Koutoulas, CEO of the Chicago-based hedge fund Typhon Capital, consider it a form of hypocrisy.
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Stalking Jon Corzine
Yet James Koutoulas, CEO of $100 million Chicago hedge fund Typhon Capital Management, is determined to see Corzine get his comeuppance. “I am going to keep fighting until Corzine is in jail,” he says. “The evidence we need to charge him is there. We need to make clear as a society that the next time a sociopath CEO says, ‘Do I go out of business or do I cheat?’ and chooses to cheat, he is going to be thinking about it in an orange jumpsuit in state prison.”
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Critic re-elected to US futures industry regulator’s board
A critic of the US National Futures Association won re-election to its board, the industry regulator said on Friday, setting the stage for more tension over its practices.
James Koutoulas, chief executive of Typhon Capital Management, was re-elected as a director after accusing the NFA of breaking its own rules for nominating public representatives last year and of falsifying documents to cover up alleged wrongdoing.
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Futures regulator dogged by questions on conflicts, governance
Those board members, James Koutoulas and John Roe, filed a joint complaint with the CFTC last year, alleging NFA management fudged board minutes to advance the election of board members who weren’t properly nominated. The battle isn’t about the minutiae of recordkeeping but rather consolidating power, Koutoulas says. “NFA just wants to control every seat on that board,” he says. He’s called for the ouster of Roth and NFA General Counsel Tom Sexton.
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Exclusive: Customer advocacy activist James Koutoulas accuses NFA Chairman of improprieties, war of words commences
The United States has carved out a well-earned reputation for being a safe and secure nation in which to conduct business of any kind, with a refined business culture, high ethical standards and comprehensive customer protection policies which are especially effective with regard to safeguarding the buying public’s hard-earned dollars.
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Checks and Balances: James Koutoulas Seeks NFA Board Transparency and Balance in Re-election Bid
Koutoulas, CEO of Typhon Capital Management, founded the CCC along with John Roe in the wake of the MF Global bankruptcy in October 2011. Roe and Koutoulas were elected to the NFA in 2013, representing the CTA/CPO category, and now face re-election in a contested election. Koutoulas is running in a three-way race against George Berbeco and Bernard Denis, III.