Anyone burnt by PFGBEST's closure?

stevewalker posted:
got an email from ex PFG account manager

no comment🙄🙄🙄


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Don't they have a tiny little bit of shame? I'm sure this will make some of their waiting-for-a-refund-clients furious. I know I would if I were in their shoes.

[B]Post-PFG Reforms Gaining Momentum[/B]

Two new developments in the last few days indicate that regulators are trying to get out in front of the safety of funds crisis that has gripped the futures/forex industry. However, these reforms may not extend to the retail forex market.

On Friday the National Futures Association approved a new rule requiring all Futures Commission Merchants to grant real-time, online access to FCM bank accounts. This rule is in response to Russ Wasendorf’s bank statement forgeries which had fooled regulators for 20 years. The language specifically references FCM’s and we are currently checking to see if Retail Foreign Exchange Dealers (RFEDs) will have to comply with the rule as well. FXCM’s position is that RFEDs need to be more transparent, which is why we also support a rule requiring all FCMs/RFEDs to fully disclosure their financials to the trading public.

The second development came last Thursday at a meeting in Chicago, as reported by the WSJ, in which the CME was reportedly “softening” its opposition to an insurance fund for futures traders. Again, however, no mention of extending such protections to retail forex traders was made.

https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444508504577593424033950042.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

While both of these development are positive, the negative aspect to them is that retail forex may very well be over looked. This is why we are strongly encouraging the trading public to contact the CFTC and leave comments about the need to further protect retail forex traders. Traders can leave comments using the link below:

https://comments.cftc.gov/PublicComments/CommentForm.aspx?id=1250

Reading through the comments at the CFTC a number of good points have been brought up regarding the need for additional protections.

Alex Winters made the following comment to the CFTC: https://comments.cftc.gov/PublicComments/ViewComment.aspx?id=58421&SearchText=

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Forex traders should be considered in these rulings. PFG and MF Global hurt both Forex and Futures traders during their collapse. I submit that any protections offered to futures traders also be extended to forex also. While insurance would be the best protection the emerging forex industry shares the same (and more) insecurities. For this industry to survive and prosper we must be able to trust that brokers that hold our funds are solvent especially since past CFTC rulings (50:1 leverage) require that we deposit even more of our money with brokers when we have no way auditing their financial health.


The CFTC's requirement a few years ago that traders put up more margin to trade retail forex leads to the logical conclusion that regulators put in additional protections (disclosure of company financials, better accounting standards, insurance) since retail forex traders now have more capital at risk. This is a pretty powerful argument and I would encourage traders who leave comments with the CFTC to make it.

@FCMReform: Thanks for posting, just letting you know it's being read.

Raiden posted:
@FCMReform: Thanks for posting, just letting you know it's being read.

Thanks for the note Raiden. Appreciate it.

[b]CFTC Nearing Decision on FCM Reforms?[/b]


The CFTC has recently closed the comment period that was associated with the Public Roundtable on PFG:

https://comments.cftc.gov/PublicComments/CommentList.aspx?id=1250

This could mean that CFTC is nearing a decision and is about to announce their planned reforms. Comments and suggestions can still be sent to the CFTC however by emailing [email protected].

FXCM is recommending that all FCM’s and forex dealers publicly publish their financials once a quarter and employ a top ten accounting firm. We encourage retail forex traders to share these and other suggestions with regulators by emailing them directly. Thousands of PFG customers traded retail forex with PFG and their voices should be included in any discussion designed to increase customer protections for NFA regulated firms. Furthermore, providing insurance to futures traders and not forex traders would be a further insult to injury for those currency traders at PFG and any future forex traders caught up in an insolvency. Make your voice heard today.