With certain exceptions, all persons and organizations that intend to do business as futures professionals must register under the Commodity Exchange Act (Act). The primary purposes of registration are to screen an applicant's fitness to engage in business as a futures professional and to identify those individuals and organizations whose activities are subject to federal regulation. In addition, all individuals and firms that wish to conduct futures-related business with the public must apply for NFA Membership or Associate status
Members are responsible for performing due diligence and establishing appropriate procedures in the hiring process. Members are required to submit fingerprint cards for each of their applicants for registration as associated persons or for approval as a principal. Any individual that is applying to register as an Associated Person, Floor Broker, Floor Trader or to be listed as a Principal must send a completed fingerprint card to the National Futures Association unless:
NFA can only accept and process a complete FBI "applicant card". Applicants are encouraged to submit more than one set of fingerprints with their application to avoid delays in obtaining additional sets if necessary for processing
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission eliminated a widely used exemption from commodity pool operator ('CPO') registration on February 9th 2012. Since 2003, in connection with offerings to sophisticated investors, many hedge fund managers have relied on CFTC Rule 4.13(a)(4) to avoid CPO registration. The practical effect of the change is that sponsors of many hedge funds will have to register with the CTFC as CPOs and become subject to some, but not all, of the CTFC's disclosure, reporting and record keeping requirments. As part of the registration process, the principals and certain employees of the CPO will need to submit fingerprint cards
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We are one of the few detective agencies who retain Computer Forensics in-house. The assumption that deleting a computer file will erase the information has been many people's downfall - people will tell their computers secrets they wouldn't tell their best friend! - a mistaken assumption of which we can help you to take advantage. We recover deleted files, web sites visited, email and instant message transcripts, images, videos, potentially anything held on a computer
Surveillance for a business issue involving an employee or a private matter, for legal purposes, obtaining evidence Car surveillance, of course, is essential and common, however a target who commutes may well use public transport, or a combination of car, train and underground; keeping up with someone in rush hour will sometimes require more than one person, especially if they change modes of transport We work with many companies, resolving the difficult issues facing business owners. Surveillance for corporate reasons may involve discreet observation of an employee, for reasons of absenteeism or pending tribunal - or to minimise and contain damage to our client
GPS vehicle tracking is an efficent and cost effective method of monitoring a subject's movement 24 hours a day. Regularly monitored with movement alerts, you will know where the subject is at any time. To arrange the installation of a vehicle tracking system, or to discuss what sort of information can be obtained from a tracker install, please contact our office and speak with one of our operatives who will be more than willing to advise
Frequently working in Europe, particularly France and Spain, where it is more reliable for a UK Investigator to operate, we have also handled assignments in North Africa & the Middle East. We regularly work in Spain, France, and across Europe with experience in many aspects of investigative work including surveillance, fingerprinting, computer forensics and tracing. We have conducted physical surveillance of UK Nationals in the Canary Islands, Ibiza and Majorca as well as the Spanish mainland
Finding your birth parents is a three or four stage process, dependent upon what you already know and what your end objective is. We have many years experience in not only tracing their current whereabouts, but in sensitively helping you to make an approach in a manner that has the utmost consideration for all parties and their potential sensitivities. While not all stages are obligatory, you may wish to consider them carefully
40,000 people become adult problematic drug users every year. Accurate information is of most relevance in tackling the potential problems and when we can most help, possibly from discreet observation or from infiltrating a peer group or analysing information from computer forensics. We will not anyone's right to privacy or unnecessarily intrude in their personal lives; you may however find yourselves in a situation whereby you do not have accurate information as to social activity and need to learn more
