May 23

MF Global Customers Made Whole and Taking on the National Futures Association

James Koutoulas, an attorney and CEO of Typhon Capital and President and Co-Founder of the Commodity Customer Coalition, a non-profit customer advocacy organization formed in response to the MF Global bankruptcy, tells the Street's Jill Malandrino the CCC works with regulators, Congress, and industry leaders to better protect commodities customers.
Mar 30

Stalking Jon Corzine

Newsweek 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... read more →
Jan 23

Critic re-elected to US futures industry regulator’s board

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 18

Futures regulator dogged by questions on conflicts, governance

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 →
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Dec 23

Futures group board members file election complaint with CFTC

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

2014 in Review: Geopolitics, Economies, and the US Farmer

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

Roe/Koutoulas ask for two more years

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 26

Do You Own the Worst Investment in the Stock Market?

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 →