New York, NY — FIA leadership joined president and CEO Walt Lukken today to celebrate FIA’s recent merger by ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The bell ringing took place during the first board meeting under FIA’s new global structure, where board members and global executives gathered to discuss priorities and strategy for the newly merged organization in 2016.
“It’s an honor to be here at the New York Stock Exchange on behalf of our global membership,” Lukken said. “Today’s closing bell rings in a new era at FIA with the celebration of our merger. We are looking forward to expanding our work to support healthy futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives markets worldwide.”
Lukken thanked NYSE and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), an FIA member organization, for hosting FIA at the bell ringing.
FIA also announced the re-launch of its social media accounts today to reflect its new global presence. FIA’s former Twitter accounts — @FIAAmericas, @FIAAsia, and @FIAEurope—are being combined under a new handle: @FIAconnect.
“We’ve chosen FIA Connect because it reflects not only the connected nature of our organization, but also the value we place on engaging with our members and stakeholders,” Lukken said.
Photos and video of the bell ringing are available on YouTube, twitter via @FIAconnect and @NYSE.
Walt Lukken, President & CEO of FIA (center), was joined by Michael Dawley,Chairman of the FIA Board of Directors and Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Futures and Derivatives Clearing Services of Goldman Sachs & Co. and FIA Board members to ring the NYSE Closing Bell® to commemorate their global merger.
Photo Credit: NYSE/Amy Sims
