The following are services provided
by PFG's Managed Futures Division.
• Setting Financial Goals
• Trader (CTA) Search
• Portfolio Design
• Account Setup
• Portfolio Monitoring
• Reporting (Daily, Monthly)
• Annual Reviews
Setting Financial Goals
Building a successful investment portfolio begins with the
identification of a client’s investment objectives and
goals. We accomplish this through a client interview and a
detailed questionnaire. This confidential information serves
as the basis through which we construct an appropriate client
portfolio.
Trader (CTA) Search
After the client’s goals are identified, both qualitative
and quantitative due diligence is performed by our consultant,
TraderSource, Inc. This facilitates the evaluation, construction,
and recommendation of the appropriate commodity trading advisors
and foreign exchange traders to meet these goals.
Portfolio Design
TraderSource constructs investment portfolios with the overall
objective of succeeding in varying market conditions and
reflecting the client's risk/reward profile and time objectives.
TraderSource’s primary focus is on superior risk-adjusted
returns, low correlation to other markets such as stocks
and bonds, and in the case of multiple investment managers,
low correlation to each other. TraderSource maintains a
comprehensive and extensive proprietary CTA database for
this purpose.
Account Setup
Setting up a managed futures account is a simple and straightforward
process. Accounts can be established online, or downloaded
for review to be faxed to the broker and the CTA. We guide
the client through the necessary disclosure documents and
legal agreements. This process begins whenever you are ready.
Portfolio Monitoring
TraderSource monitors and evaluates the performance of each
commodity trading advisor in the client’s account to
ensure that these investment managers are continuing to invest
in the manner specified in their disclosure documents. This
document, registered with the National Futures Association,
is also provided to the client during the portfolio recommendation
process.
TraderSource is not paid based on the transactions activity
of any particular commodity trading advisor. This independence
enables TraderSource to make active allocation/re-allocation
recommendation based on changing market conditions and the
performance of advisors.
Reporting
Transparency is an important element of a successful investment
portfolio. It means knowing what is taking place with an investment
so that intelligent decisions can be made about a client’s
goals and objectives. We provide clients with daily estimated
performance results their individual portfolio. These results
are not intended as a tool for micro-managing individual investments
or second-guessing an investment managers decisions.
We provide daily account statements via e-mail, which show
open and closed trades, commissions, expenses, and daily
profit and loss. In addition, we provide a unique view of
a client’s account, which includes estimated performance
on a YTD, monthly, and daily basis. We also include performance
graphs to give the investor a graphical representation of
their investment.
This information is available regardless of whether the investment
is an individually managed account or is one of our private
placement investment funds.
We provide clients with full transparency on their investments.
Annual Review
Designing and investing in a portfolio that reflects a client’s
current financial goals and objectives is an important exercise,
but is a static one. It is designed for that specific moment
in the client’s financial life. Things change. Clients’
needs and risk/reward profiles change. It is critical that
a financial planner meet with the client at least annually
to review and possibly make adjustments to their portfolio.
The annual review of a client’s updated investment objectives,
current goals, and investment performance is both necessary
and prudent.
