Neil J. Aslin is president of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. (PFG), a futures commission merchant with brokerage and branch offices around the world. It offers a diverse range of trading and investor products and services. The company, headquartered in Chicago, is a leader in alternative investment vehicles including managed funds, as well as in broker-assisted trading, educational programs, research, and direct online futures trading through its BEST Direct platform. Aslin also serves as president of PFG's Global Funds Division. He joined the firm 1998.

A 30-year veteran of the investment and trading profession, Mr. Aslin is an expert speaker and source on derivatives, particularly as they pertain to managed funds. He also speaks regularly and has authored articles and presentations on emerging securities futures markets, alternative investments, various hedge fund strategies, and on the strengths and challenges of electronic and open outcry exchanges around the world.

Prior to joining PFG, he was chairman and CEO of First Financial Government Securities from 1984 to 1996. First Financial is a broker dealer and introducing broker specializing in sophisticated credit risk management strategies for banks and other financial institutions.

From 1971 to 1983, Mr. Aslin was executive vice president of ContiCommodity (Conti), a major international futures brokerage and clearing firm. While at Conti in Chicago, he successfully launched U.S.- and Bahamas-based investment limited partnerships and developed the company's 35-office international branch systems.

Mr. Aslin is a past member of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.