Reuters 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... read more →
Jan
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Jan
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Crain’s Chicago Business 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... read more →
Jan
08
LeapRate 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... read more →
Dec
30
John Lothian News 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... read more →
Dec
23
Crain’s Chicago Business Two board members of the National Futures Association filed a complaint with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission alleging that the organization skirted its own rules in selecting candidates for the board and then falsified its records…. The dispute revolves around details of the nomination process for the... read more →
Dec
12
Alexandra Lively, RMG's Chicago News Bureau Chief, live interview with James Koutoulas, CEO Typhon, Robert Chesler, VP at INTL FCStone, and Bob Iaccino, Chief Market Strategist of Tethys Partners, covers the major events affecting financial markets throughout 2014.
Dec
09
FuturesMag.com Since our election, we have continued standing up for the industry, especially for CTAs and CPOs that struggle to deal with ever increasing and changing regulation. If you deem us worthy of second terms, we will continue to work hard to balance customer protections with regulatory efficiency and reduce... read more →
Nov
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DailyFinance “At a recent industry event, Koutoulas gave a detailed presentation on the pitfalls of certain ETFs. For example, between October of 2008 and June of 2010 the price of crude oil futures almost quadrupled, yet the ETF for oil, USO, stayed basically flat due to the cost of rolling... read more →
Jul
28
CTA Playbook “James Koutoulas, the tireless champion of futures customers harmed in the MF Global implosion, and one of our CTA representatives on NFA’s board of directors, was one of the first people who signed the “Just Say No” petition regarding NFA’s recent idea to impose capital requirements on CTAs.”
Apr
03
Futures Magazine James Koutoulas, co-founder of the Commodity Customer Coalition (CCC), says, “While MF Global was one of the most catastrophic events in the history of the futures industry, I'm elated that after two-and-a-half years customers are finally going to be made whole.”