About
Built in Chicago. Backed by Decades.
For nearly three decades, our team has helped investors and managers do more in futures and alternatives, with the experience to match the ambition.
Who We Are
We’re a team of 50+ futures brokers, traders, analysts, and operations specialists headquartered in the heart of Chicago’s financial district, just blocks from the exchanges that built this industry. Some of us came from the trading floors. Some from hedge funds, FCMs, and asset managers. All of us share the same obsession: making the world of alternative investments work better for the people who use it.
For Investors
For Managers
A Name That Carries Weight
Twenty-plus years of credibility and market presence means clients don’t start from zero. Our name is recognized across the industry, and that recognition rubs off. When you work with RCM, you borrow our legitimacy: with FCMs, with allocators, with exchanges, with everyone whose door you need opened. New managers get instant standing. Established clients get a partner whose reputation reinforces their own.
Battle-Tested Since the 1990s
Our senior leadership has navigated multiple market cycles and regulatory regimes since the 1990s. That’s not a tagline, it’s a filter. Every recommendation, every clearing relationship, every late-night problem solved on the trade desk is informed by people who’ve seen what markets do when things break, and know how to keep clients on the right side of it.
Why Chicago Matters
Futures weren’t invented in a boardroom. They were invented here, in the pits and on the floors of Chicago’s exchanges. Being headquartered at 318 W Adams, in the middle of it all, isn’t nostalgia. It’s proximity to the exchanges, the FCMs, the clearing firms, and the relationships that let us negotiate, problem-solve, and open doors faster than firms operating at arm’s length.
One Firm, Compounding Advantages
Most firms do one thing. We do many, and each makes the others better. Specialist teams across clearing, execution, capital introduction, and fund services share knowledge constantly, producing insights you won’t get from a single-vertical shop. Behind them sits a shared backbone of technology, compliance, risk management, and centralized account teams that keeps everything efficient while service stays boutique.
Interested in a career at RCM Alternatives?
If you would like to join an environment where intellect, imagination and achievement are recognized and rewarded, think about joining RCM Alternatives, a culture where people understand and support your desire to be the best at what you do.