Henry Schwartz is the President and Founder of Trade Alert, a real-time option flow analytics firm that serves Wall Street sell-side derivative desks, floor brokers, market makers, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms. He previously worked at Banc of America Securities, where he was responsible for electronic market making on the start-up ISE. Trade Alert was founded in 2005. Schwartz spoke with JLN Options editor Sarah Rudolph about the OptionAlert analytics system, technology challenges for clients and firms, and fragmentation in the options markets.

Bart Mallon is a partner and co-founder of Cole-Frieman & Mallon, a San-Francisco-based law firm specializing in hedge fund and alternative investment legal services. His areas of specialization include setting up offshore hedge funds and separately managed structured accounts, compliance and registration issues. Mallon is also the author of the Hedge Fund Law blog. John Lothian News Editor-in-Chief Jim Kharouf spoke with Mallon about managed futures mutual funds, CFTC Regulation 4.5, the Volcker Rule and other compliance issues related to managed futures.

View part 1 here.

Larry Tabb is the founder and CEO of TABB Group, an advisory and research firm focusing on issues surrounding financial markets. His research and publication topics include trading and trade processing systems, market structure, regulatory issues, and technology trends. He is a contributing editor for Wall Street & Technology and Advanced Trading magazines, and is a frequent speaker at major business and industry conferences. John Lothian News Editor-at-Large Doug Ashburn spoke with Tabb about infrastructure spending in OTC derivatives, data storage and transmission, and the state of the regulatory process in the U.S. and abroad.

Video of today’s hearing entitled “The Collapse of MF Global,” plus links to written testimony.

Panel I

• Jon Corzine, Former Chairman & CEO, MF Global Holdings Ltd. (View written testimony - PDF)
• Bradley Abelow, President & COO, MF Global Holdings Ltd. (View written testimony - PDF)

Link to video.

Video of today’s hearings, plus links to written testimony. View as one video here.

MF Global Investors (Panel I):

Featuring customers affected by the financial firm MF Global’s bankruptcy:

• Roger Hupfer, Grain Elevator Operator, Freeland Bean & Grain, Inc. (View written testimony – PDF)
• Jeffrey Hainline, President, Advanced Trading, Inc. (View written testimony – PDF)
• Dean Tofteland, Farmer in Luverne, MN (View written testimony – PDF)
• C.J. Blew, Farm/Rancher, Chairman of the Board, Board Director, Mid Kansas Cooperative Association, Board of CHS, Inc. (View written testimony – PDF)

Link to video.

Anthony Neglia is president of Tower Trading of New York City, an open outcry floor brokerage firm specializing in options on precious metals at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). His commentary regularly appears on CNBC and TheStreet.com. John Lothian News editor-at-large Doug Ashburn spoke with Neglia about volatility in the metals market, position limits, the role of speculators, and the future of the metals space.

From JLN Metals:

Keith Goggin is a partner at Integral Derivatives LLC, the largest options specialist firm on the NYSE/Amex options marketplace. He has been a market-maker and specialist in options on ETFs since their inception. John Lothian News editor-at-large Doug Ashburn spoke with Goggin about the seventh anniversary of the Gold ETF contract, the role of speculators, high market volatility, and the future of ETFs.

Emil van Essen has 25 years experience trading and modeling in the futures markets and has been a CTA since 1997. His firm, now with $240 million in assets under management, has been successful with its spread trading program launched in December 2006. JLN Managed Futures editor Jim Kharouf spoke with van Essen about his trading program, how the industry evolved and the issue on most minds in the industry, what impact will MF Global have on the managed futures space.

Disclaimer: Futures and options trading involve risk. Past results are no indication of future performance. Investment in this fund is open to QEP investors only.

Jim Falvey has been an attorney in the exchange and FCM space for over 15 years. He has served as general counsel of Eurex US and IntercontinentalExchange, as assistant general counsel for CME Group and, most recently, as general counsel and corporate secretary of R.J. O’Brien & Associates. He also sits on the advisory board of CMDirect, a web-based commodity trading platform. John Lothian News editor-at-large Doug Ashburn spoke with Falvey about the MF Global bankruptcy, the Volcker Rule, protection of segregated funds, conflicts of interest, and other compliance issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act.

For more on financial reform efforts, visit MarketsReformWiki.

View part 2 here.

Larry Tabb is the founder and CEO of TABB Group, an advisory and research firm focusing on issues surrounding financial markets. His research and publication topics include trading and trade processing systems, market structure, regulatory issues, and technology trends. He is a contributing editor for Wall Street & Technology and Advanced Trading magazines, and is a frequent speaker at major business and industry conferences. John Lothian News Editor-at-Large Doug Ashburn spoke with Tabb about the future of OTC derivatives, capital and margin requirements.