What About Security And Privacy?

We know your security and privacy are of the utmost concern to you and they are equally important to us at HedgeStreet. HedgeStreet is a U.S. government-regulated contract market and, as such, is committed to adhering to the highest standards of ethics and business conduct, and to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations that govern our business.

Is my money safe with HedgeStreet?

HedgeStreet deposits members' funds into a segregated account at Union Bank of California. One of the largest commercial banks in California and among the 35 largest in the United States, Union Bank provides a broad mix of financial services to businesses and individuals, including credit, deposit services, investment and trust services, wealth management, and global custody. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices across the U.S. and along the Pacific Rim, Union Bank has assets of $46 billion. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:UB). For additional information, please visit www.uboc.com.

Is HedgeStreet regulated?

HedgeStreet is subject to regulatory oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The mission of the CFTC is to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity and financial futures and options, and to foster open, competitive, and financially sound futures and option markets. Congress created the CFTC in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States. The agency's mandate has been renewed and expanded several times since then, most recently by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA). Today, the CFTC assures the economic utility of the futures markets by encouraging their competitiveness and efficiency, ensuring their integrity, protecting market participants against manipulation, abusive trading practices, and fraud, and ensuring the financial integrity of the clearing process. Through effective oversight, the CFTC enables the futures markets to serve the important function of providing a means for price discovery and offsetting price risk. More than one billion futures and option contracts are traded on U.S. futures exchanges. For further information, please visit www.cftc.gov. The National Futures Association (NFA) is the premier independent provider of innovative and efficient regulatory programs that safeguard the integrity of the derivatives markets.

HedgeStreet has contracted with NFA to assist with the surveillance of the HedgeStreet market including conducting trade practice and market surveillance on trading and order data, reviewing data for any trade or market inconsistencies or exceptions and notifying HedgeStreet if any investigation is warranted. For more information, please visit www.nfa.futures.org.

Is my personal data safe?

HedgeStreet takes the security of your personal information very seriously. HedgeStreet uses physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards (including data encryption and secure socket layer technology) that meet or exceed industry standards. In addition, HedgeStreet's technology is regularly tested and updated to maintain and improve the protection of customer information. HedgeStreet's data encryption matches the encryption level of your browser, up to 128-bit. (Contact your browser's manufacturer if necessary for information on how to upgrade your browser's encryption level.)

Is my information kept private?

HedgeStreet does not sell or otherwise provide member information to anyone other than our service partners (such as our settlement bank and compliance monitoring agency) as necessary to operate the HedgeStreet market. HedgeStreet restricts access to personal customer information to authorized personnel and service partners who have legitimate business requirements for the information. For more details, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

HedgeStreet, Inc., which owns and operates the HedgeStreet Exchange, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK-based IG Holdings Group plc and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Find out more by visiting our About Us section or Contact Us.