Jeff Malec, Caia Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

RCM Alternatives (“RCM”) helps high net worth individuals, investment advisors, and institutional investors identify and access top managed futures, global macro, and commodity based alternative investments. Their consultative, education based approach is a natural fit with investors; while a professional services desk assists hedge funds, CTAs, and mutual funds efficiently access global futures and swaps markets. Mr. Malec integral in directing the firm, including strategic planning, business development, financial planning and analysis, as well as orchestrating high-value agreements to protect the firm and its interests. Also functions as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and directs marketing strategy across multiple offline and digital channels. An industry thought leader - Mr. Malec is a frequent panelist and speaker at industry events, as well as writing and publishing company blog posts, advanced technical whitepapers, presentations, research reports, and upcoming book; with works featured in Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Investment News, All About Alpha, and Seeking Alpha.Awarded 5 straight CTA Intelligence U.S. Services Awards from 2015 to 2019 for business growth, exceptional customer service and innovative product development.

Serve as Chief Investment Officer of a multi-manager volatility trading hedge fund, overseeing portfolio modeling, manager identification and due diligence, and allocation decisions. Also serve as a managing member of multiple single manager hedge funds via an innovative fund outsourcing model; orchestrating all fund operations including regulatory filings and client relations; ensuring compliance with domestic and foreign regulatory jurisdictions. Also oversee investment management services and operations, including a team of client relations, compliance, sales, and administrative specialists.Previously managed up to $50M via a global macro hedge fund, trading over 80 global markets 24 hours a day, directing a team of traders and quants programming investment models to enhance forecasting accuracy, data mining, and market research.

Advised executive leaders in product development, focusing on user experience (UX) and design.Consulted the team in business planning, including marketing strategies and FP&A.Reviewed and approved capital structure, including rights offerings and VC offers.

Chicago, Il, Us

Established and developed boutique investment firm from the ground up to multi-million revenue; securing all financing, capital raises, and legal agreements; with long-term planning (LTP) culminating in the successful sale of the company to an industry competitor.Strategic planning and global initiatives include managing a team of onshore and offshore programming resources to engineer a custom web tool and investment database; configuring and deploying a customized customer relationship management (CRM) system, constructing all business logic (custom fields, workflow, and relationships); and securing the exclusive license for a crowdsourced algorithm platform and mobile trading technology from a Spanish technology company for distribution in the U.S.Successfully expanded to multiple lines of business (LOB), moving from B2C retail-based services to higher multiple institutional and B2B-based business units, while developing the core leadership team that continued from the inception of Attain through the RCM Alternatives merger, sustaining low employee turnover throughout tenure.Awarded Best Introducing Broker Award 2014 and 2015 from U.S. CTA Services.

Chicago, Il, Us

Elected to the board as one of the first board members petitioned to office by the futures community.Delivered review, input, and approval of the budget to fund regulatory operations.Collaborated with the board to amend, approve, and enforce regulations for the U.S. derivatives industry.