The Futures Industry Association regrets to inform members of the news that Barry Lind, one of the pioneers of the modern futures industry, died yesterday after a car crash in Southern California. FIA issued the following statement to honor him and his contributions to the industry:
“Barry Lind began trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1962 and founded Lind-Waldock, one of the industry’s first and most successful discount brokerage firms. He was one of the leaders in the movement to create financial futures in the 1970s and a trailblazer in the use of technology for futures trading. He served for many years on the board of CME and as a director of the National Futures Association, and in 2005 he was inducted into FIA’s Futures Hall of Fame.”
“All of us in the futures industry are indebted to Barry Lind for his many contributions to our growth and development. He was one of the first to recognize the potential to apply the tried and true mechanisms of agricultural futures to the financial markets, and he never stopped thinking about how to make our markets better. We will always be grateful for his contributions, and we share in the sorrow of his friends and family at his untimely passing.”
