Alaron Trading Corp, the Chicago-based retail futures broker, launched a new hedging service for companies on Monday.
Called Alaron Corporate Hedgers, the service is being offered to small and mid-sized companies to create or enhance their hedging strategies. Alaron believes of its existing customers, who run companies of $500m or less, often do not have the trading experience or staff to hedge risks on their balance sheets.
“The feedback we’ve received from our brokers is that a lot of companies were trying to...