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>"....CFTC's "Interpretation Regarding Use of Electronic Media" requires anyone
>who wants to publish opinions on commodity futures to ask for a license.....
>The regulations say anyone who, "for compensation or profit, engages in the
>business of advising others" through electronic media such as the Internet
>must register with the government. As an example, the agency says an owner
>of a Web site with "a list of hyperlinks" recommending other Web sites must
>register -- or go to jail......."
Too bad about the web site bit. However, you can still set
up a hedge fund with a 25-1 debt to equity ratio without
being bothered by the CFTC. They won't even tell any other
regulatory agency about it.
Dow Jones Online News - 11/18/98
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A top federal regulator knew a
Connecticut investment fund was highly leveraged months
before that firm's near-collapse threatened to disrupt world
financial markets in September, but she failed to act on the
information or alert other regulators, Wednesday's
Washington Post reported.......
In any case, Born said, the law prevents CFTC officials from
sharing information with other federal regulators unless
those regulators initiate a request for the
information......
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