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Risk Management: Tools & Tips For A Changing Industry
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Richard Reibman
Dykema
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| Richard Reibman's practice in Dykema's Chicago office is concentrated within the areas of commodity futures regulation, broker-dealer regulation, investment management, and creditors' rights and bankruptcy law. His practice as a commodity futures lawyer includes representation of futures commission merchants, proprietary trading groups, introducing brokers, trade execution firms, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators and exchange members. On the security side, Mr. Reibman advises broker-dealers, investment advisors, hedge fund managers and individual registrants. He has successfully represented clients on numerous occasions before the National Futures Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and various futures and securities exchanges. Mr. Reibman represents registered and unregistered fund managers in the formation and operation of private investment funds concentrating in the trading of securities, futures, options and related cash products. |
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Steve Erdman
New World Holdings
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| Steve Erdman is a 30 year veteran of the futures markets. Mr. Erdman and his 2 partners have over 100 years of combined experience in every aspect of futures trading. Mr. Erdman began his career as a grain merchandiser for one of the worlds largest grain processing companies. He then moved to Chicago to experience and gain exposure to every level of a leading Chicago Futures Commission Merchant's operations. He held a full Chicago Mercantile Exchange membership, which he used to facilitate information flow between the exchange floor and retail brokers, and he was also responsible for floor operations and back office personnel. In 1991, Mr. Erdmanand his two partners Lee Gaus and Tom Fritz, started their own group of affiliated brokerage firms, one of which later obtained a CTA registration. Mr. Erdman has made several appearances as a guest on Fox News and CNBC. He has also appeared on the Glen Beck show. His lengthy practical experience in futures brokerage and trading gives him a unique perspective in evaluating and selecting managers for multi-manager- individual managed accounts. In addition, Mr. Erdman's farming background helps him understand the markets, while his many years in the futures brokerage business give him the background and experience to apply risk management and diversification principles in designing and implementing managed futures portfolios. |
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Jeff Malec
Attain Capital Management
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| Jeff Malec is a founding partner and CEO of Attain Capital Management (www.AttainCapital.com), and Chief Investment Officer of Attain Portfolio Advisors (www.apa-cta.com).
Attain Capital Management ("Attain") is a specialized asset management firm built upon the belief that an investment portfolio with exposure to alternative investments such as technical based trading systems and managed futures programs can consistently outperform traditional stock, bond, and real estate portfolios. Attain is the only firm who has been solely focused on both trading system and managed futures investments since inception, with a team of six registered brokers with over 93 years of trading system and managed futures experience. Under Mr. Malec’s guidance, Attain has analyzed and reviewed 586 trading systems and 1,055 managed futures programs, authored 372 (and counting) articles and research reports on trading systems and managed futures spanning over 1,515 pages, and have assisted clients in investing over $204 Million into trading systems and managed futures since 2002.
Attain Portfolio Advisors (“APA”) is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor and Commodity Pool Operator managing client assets in two managed account programs and a fund. Each program employs a portfolio of objective, technically-based trading systems and a multidimensional diversification strategy which allots capital to different markets, trading strategies, and time frames. The selection of component strategies, time frames and markets follows a rigorous quantitative analysis that considers the liquidity and volatility of markets traded, types of strategies employed, trade duration, risk of loss, and probability of achieving performance objectives.
Mr. Malec earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, CAIA, designation in 2005. The CAIA designation promotes adherence to high standards of professional conduct and certifies one’s mastery of the concepts, tools and practices essential for understanding traditional and modern alternative investment vehicles; including real estate, private equity, commodities, hedge funds and managed futures. www.caia.org |
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David Matteson
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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| For more than 20 years, David Matteson has concentrated his practicein the area of private investment management, with an emphesis on derivatives. He has represented hedge funds, commodity pool operators (CPOs), commodity trading advisors (CTAs), investment advisors and offshore and onshore funds.
Mr. Matteson has advised clients as to the various structures and strategies with respect to the formation of funds and their management companies, SEC and CFTC regulatory issues, offering memoranda, marketing materials and appropriate investment agreements and terms of specific investment funds. Prior to joining the firm., David was general counsel of a hedge fund manager. He was recently named one of the Best Lawyers in America for his Hedge Fund/Investment Management practice. |
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