Hedge Fund, CTA, CPO Services
The Infrastructure Behind
Successful Managers
Access the trading, operational, and growth resources typically reserved for larger firms through a single trusted partner.
Clearing & Execution
Global Access. Institutional Infrastructure. Boutique Service.
As one of the industry’s few fully independent introducing brokers, RCM delivers access
to a network of 10+ FCMs and 30+ global exchanges through a single relationship.
We specialize in futures and options execution for discretionary, systematic, and quantitative strategies, providing both electronic and voice trading across all major markets.
Our Edge:
Multi-FCM Access: Optimize capacity, margin, and credit through a unified infrastructure
24/6 Global Trade Desk: Seamless execution coverage across time zones
Multiple Execution Protocols: API / FIX, voice, IM, spreadsheets, or advanced algos
Risk & Reporting Integration: Custom position and P&L reporting in your preferred format
Experienced Trading Team: Veteran professionals from both electronic
and floor trading backgrounds
Whether you’re trading 10 lots or 10,000 contracts, RCM ensures speed, precision, and transparency, backed by the confidence of institutional-grade clearing operations.
Outsourced Trading
Institutional Execution, Simplified Operations
In today’s 24-hour global markets, maintaining an in-house trading desk means constant technology upgrades, expanding compliance requirements, and the challenge of covering multiple time zones. The costs and complexity continue to rise while the margin for error shrinks.
RCM Alternatives delivers a better approach: institutional-grade trading capabilities without the operational burden of building and maintaining your own desk.
The Modern Trading Challenge
Technology Infrastructure
Market data feeds, trading platform licenses, exchange connections, order management systems, risk management platforms, and constant software updates and patches.
Human Capital
Experienced traders across multiple shifts, ongoing training programs, backup coverage for absences, and the perpetual challenge of recruitment and retention.
Compliance & Risk
Real-time monitoring systems, regulatory reporting capabilities, audit trails, and the expertise to navigate evolving requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
For many firms, these resources could be better deployed in alpha generation, client service, or strategic growth initiatives.
Startup support
Launch Your Fund. We’ll Handle Everything Else.
Launching a fund is supposed to be about proving your edge in the markets. Instead, most emerging managers spend their first year buried in legal documents, regulatory filings, and compliance infrastructure that have nothing to do with generating returns.
RCM’s Attain Portfolio Advisors provides a complete outsourced solution so you can focus on what you’re actually good at, trading.
We’ve Launched Dozens of Funds
Not as consultants who hand you a checklist and wish you luck. As operators who serve as
your registered Commodity Pool Operator, handle your compliance, and manage your investor onboarding from day one.
When an allocator runs due diligence on your fund, they’re looking for institutional infrastructure. We help you show up with that credibility without the headcount it
typically requires.
What We Handle
Regulatory & Compliance We’re the registered CPO. You maintain investment discretion
while we manage filings, regulatory obligations, and ongoing compliance requirements.
Fund Formation & Legal: From entity structuring to offering documents, we coordinate
the legal process so you’re not managing attorneys while trying to raise capital.
Investor Onboarding: Subscription documents, KYC/AML, investor
communications—handled. Your investors get professional experience from first contact.
Institutional Visibility: Your fund receives DTCC eligibility, CUSIP assignment,
and a Bloomberg ticker. Allocators can find you in the systems they already use.
The Real Cost of Going It Alone
We talk to managers every month who tried to launch without infrastructure support.
The story is usually the same: $75,000+ in legal fees before raising a dollar, compliance
surprises that forced expensive restructuring, and allocator meetings that died because
the operational story wasn’t credible.
The cost of getting it wrong isn’t just money, it’s your first year.
How It Works
- $20,000 upfront for fund setup
- 0.15%–0.50% annually on fund assets
- $3M minimum at launch
Capital Introduction
RCM’s Capital Introduction (Cap Intro) platform bridges the gap between allocator interest and manager expertise. We leverage long-standing relationships with family offices, institutional investors, and FoFs, supported by our extensive marketing and content channels.
What Sets RCM Cap Intro Apart:
Strategic Matching: Pair managers with investors that fit their style, strategy, and capacity
Allocator Network: Deep relationships across HNWI, family office, institutional,
and international investors
Co-Branded Visibility: Exposure via The Derivative podcast, digital content, and events
Precision Targeting: Direct introductions based on investor mandates
and sector preferences
Proprietary Channels: Exclusive Asia-focused initiative providing
unique mainland China access
The Result: When combined with our marketing ecosystem, RCM’s Cap Intro delivers meaningful engagement, not just introductions.
Marketing Assistance
RCM’s marketing support transforms complex investment strategies into clear, investor-ready narratives.
Leveraging the same multi-channel engine that powers our thought leadership and investor engagement efforts,
we help managers build visibility, credibility, and lasting market presence.
Comprehensive Marketing Toolkit
Co-Marketing Campaigns
Partnered events and cross-promotions with
leading exchanges and industry platforms
Manager Spotlights
Featured exposure across RCM’s blog,
podcasts, newsletters, and webinars
Digital Distribution
Targeted email campaigns
and curated investor outreach
Content Development
Editorial support for whitepapers,
pitch decks, and market commentary
Event Support
Custom materials, booth branding,
and coordinated pre- and post-event communications
Our marketing platform doesn’t just promote managers—it integrates them into RCM’s ecosystem of allocators, advisors, and industry peers.
Expanded Marketing & Engagement Support
Beyond distribution, RCM works closely with managers to refine positioning and sharpen messaging. This includes pitch deck review and feedback, featured appearances on RCM podcasts, hosted Lunch & Learn sessions, webinars, and collaborative event programming. Each initiative is designed to create meaningful touchpoints with investors while reinforcing credibility and consistency across every interaction.
China Funds
The China Opportunity
With our global vision, RCM has positioned itself to capitalize on one of the most significant untapped opportunities in alternative investments: the connection between Chinese futures markets and U.S. systematic trading strategies. China represents one of the largest and fastest-growing derivatives markets in the world, yet it remains notoriously difficult for outside participants to access. RCM’s proprietary China initiative is built to bridge that gap in both directions.
For U.S. Managers and Strategies
Chinese futures markets offer a deep, liquid, and largely uncorrelated set of opportunities for systematic and quantitative traders. New markets mean new diversification, new alpha, and new sources of return that simply don’t exist in crowded Western exchanges.
- Differentiated Market Access: Exposure to commodity, financial, and index futures that trade on their own dynamics, offering genuine diversification away from U.S. and European markets
- Lower Correlation Potential: Chinese markets often move independently of global benchmarks, giving systematic strategies a valuable source of uncorrelated returns
- First-Mover Advantage: Early, structured access to markets that most U.S. managers still cannot reach, positioning RCM clients ahead of the curve
For Chinese Capital and CTAs
At the same time, there is substantial pent-up demand inside China for alternative investments and access to global markets. Chinese investors and managers are actively seeking diversification beyond domestic assets, and U.S. managed futures strategies offer exactly that.
- Pent-Up Allocator Demand: A growing base of Chinese investors looking to allocate to alternative strategies and global futures
- Access for U.S. CTAs: A pathway for U.S. managers to raise capital from a market that has historically been hard to enter
- Mainland Allocation Channel: RCM’s exclusive initiative provides a rare, direct line into mainland allocations, connecting trading talent with capital that is otherwise out of reach
Why RCM
Navigating Chinese markets requires more than ambition. It takes relationships, regulatory understanding, and infrastructure. RCM combines its multi-FCM clearing network, global execution capabilities, and Cap Intro expertise to make this two-way bridge work, helping U.S. strategies access Chinese markets while connecting Chinese capital to the alternatives it’s looking for.
This is a long-term, relationship-driven opportunity, and RCM is positioned at the center of it.
FAQs
We partner with hedge funds, CTAs, CPOs, and fund managers seeking institutional infrastructure, multi-FCM access, and business development support.
Yes. Our Startup Support and Outsourced CPO solutions (through Attain Portfolio Advisors) provide a fully managed path to launch, from compliance to operations.
No. RCM supports early-stage and emerging managers alongside established names, helping you scale with credibility and investor access.
After due diligence and onboarding, our team strategically introduces approved managers to relevant allocators through structured meetings, events, and digital marketing.
Yes. Our marketing team offers co-branded opportunities; webinars, articles, podcasts, and event features, helping expand your visibility within RCM’s ecosystem.
Our pricing is transparent and competitive, structured around your trading volume and execution requirements. We offer per-trade commissions that scale with volume, with no hidden platform fees, technology charges, or market data costs passed through to you. Pricing discussions are customized based on your expected activity, markets traded, and service requirements. Contact us for a detailed quote based on your specific needs—most clients find significant cost savings compared to maintaining an in-house desk when factoring in all direct and indirect costs.
Yes. We provide multiple integration methods for algorithmic strategies, including API and FIX connectivity for low-latency order routing, SFTP file transfers for batch processing, and custom DLL integration for specialized applications. Our technology infrastructure supports high-frequency execution requirements while our trading desk provides oversight and intervention capabilities when market conditions require human judgment. Many systematic managers use our services to eliminate technology infrastructure costs while maintaining full algorithmic execution capabilities.
We maintain redundant systems across trading platforms, market connectivity, and communication channels. If any primary system experiences issues, backup systems activate automatically. Our trading desk has manual backup procedures for every electronic workflow, ensuring order flow continues regardless of technology disruptions. Clients have multiple contact methods (phone, email, messaging platforms) to reach traders directly. In over 20 years of operation, we’ve maintained uninterrupted service through major technology events and market disruptions.
Absolutely. Our traders bring extensive experience across diverse markets and asset classes. When you’re entering a new market, trading an unfamiliar instrument, or implementing a new strategy, we provide consultation on liquidity characteristics, typical trading patterns, optimal execution approaches, and potential pitfalls to avoid. This strategic guidance is part of our service—you’re not just getting order execution, you’re accessing decades of institutional trading knowledge.
Best execution is fundamental to everything we do. Our approach includes maintaining relationships with multiple liquidity providers and brokers to ensure competitive pricing, using sophisticated execution algorithms that minimize market impact, continuous monitoring of execution quality against benchmarks, regular analysis of fill quality and slippage patterns, and documentation of execution decisions for transparency and oversight. As an independent provider with no proprietary trading or affiliated liquidity sources, our incentives align completely with yours—we succeed when you receive optimal execution.
Several factors distinguish RCM: Our FCM-agnostic independence means we work with your preferred clearing relationships rather than forcing you onto specific platforms. Our 24/6 desk coverage provides true global market access, not just U.S. hours. Our experienced team brings over 20 years across buy-side, sell-side, floor, and electronic environments—not just junior traders executing orders. We offer boutique-level service and attention while maintaining institutional-grade infrastructure and capabilities. And perhaps most importantly, we understand alternative investment strategies—we’ve built our business serving hedge funds, CTAs, and sophisticated managers who demand execution excellence.
While we don’t provide investment advice or trade recommendations, our traders offer valuable market intelligence and execution insights. This includes information about current liquidity conditions, unusual market activity or volatility, potential execution challenges for specific instruments, and observations about market dynamics relevant to your strategies. Our traders are experienced market professionals who can discuss execution approaches, market microstructure, and trading strategy—but investment decisions always remain yours.
Absolutely. Many clients begin by outsourcing overnight sessions or specific markets before expanding to full desk coverage. Others maintain in-house execution for core strategies while outsourcing specialized markets, complex options execution, or overflow capacity. We’re flexible in structuring arrangements that fit your transition timeline and operational preferences. There’s no requirement to move all trading activity—we work with whatever scope makes sense for your firm.
Let’s Get in Touch
Ready to talk specifics? Call us at (855) 726-0060
or request a call here.
We’ll bring the insights, you bring the questions.