RT14: What it takes to set up a CTA business ft. Jennifer Sunu, Arthur Bell & JP Bruynes – 1of2

Top Traders Unplugged

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

4.8 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode Niels Kaastrup-Larsen is joined by Jennifer Sunu, who is the director of compliance at the NFA, Arthur Bell, CPA and managing member of Bell Tower LLC, and JP Bruynes, who is a partner at the law firm Akin Gump.

Listen in to today’s episode as we focus on how the managed futures industry is organized, how it has changed since the industry started, who the key players are and what role do they play, and how regulators keep an eye on all these players to ensure they play fairly.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

What got our guests into managed futures
The basic structure of the managed futures industry
What role each of the key players have in managed futures
How the different regulatory bodies work together in the US
The different ways that hedge fund management has changed over the last twenty years
How the industry has evolved over the last forty years
Why our guests believe that investing in managed futures is a good idea
What it takes to set up a CTA today
The importance of understanding your edge as a CTA
What first steps a new CTA is going to take in working with regulators
What Jennifer recommends for younger CTA’
The questions new investors should be asking to find the best CTA for them

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0:00.0	Imagine spending an hour with the world's greatest traders.
0:05.0	Imagine learning from their experiences, their successes, and their failures.
0:09.0	Imagine no more.
0:11.0	Welcome to Top Traders Roundtable, the place where you can learn from the best hedge fund managers and investors in the world,
0:18.0	so you can take your manager due diligence or investment career
0:22.0	to the next level. Before we begin today's conversation, remember to keep two things in mind.
0:27.2	All the discussion that will have about investment performance is about the past, and past
0:31.4	performance does not guarantee or even infer anything about future performance. Also understand
0:36.6	that there's a significant risk
0:38.1	of financial loss with all investment strategies, and you need to request and understand
0:42.6	the specific risks from the investment manager about their products before you make investment
0:47.2	decisions. Now here's your host, veteran hedge fund manager, Nealz Kostrup Larson.
0:56.1	Welcome back to another edition of Top Traders Roundtable, a podcast series on managed futures.
1:02.6	My name is Niels Kastrop Larson, and I'm delighted to welcome you to today's conversation with
1:07.2	industry leaders and pioneers in managed futures, brought to you by CME Group.
1:12.8	Today I'm joined by Jennifer Suno, who is the Director of Compliance at the NFA,
1:18.4	Arthur Bell, CPA and managing member of Bell Tower LLC, and J.P. Bruns, who is a partner
1:25.6	at the law firm, Akin Gop. First of all, welcome and thank you so much for
1:30.5	taking time out of your busy schedules to join me for our conversation regarding some of the
1:36.1	things that goes on behind the scenes of the managed futures industry. I'm very excited about our
1:42.7	session today, not least because you really are the A team
1:46.8	in this industry. So our listeners are in for a real treat. Now, before we jump into today's
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