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People news – October/November 2021
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Derivatives industry experts see strong growth potential for sports and events trading
At the FIA Futures & Options Expo on 4 November, a group of industry experts discussed the growing interest in event markets, which offer binary options based on the outcomes of sporting events, the release of economic indicators, and even pop culture. These markets hold an especially strong appeal for a large and growing number of individual investors who have plunged into trading stocks, options and futures over the last several years.
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Derivatives industry experts call for collaboration on operational efficiencies
At FIA Expo, market participants agree the time has come to discuss industry-led standards
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US Senate Ag Committee questions Behnam on climate, crypto
Rostin Behnam, currently the acting chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, testified before the US Senate Agriculture Committee on 27 October in a hearing that is part of his nomination to become permanent chairman of the agency.
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Riskfuel: Stop messing with your volatility surface
Riskfuel uses a type of deep neural network called a variational autoencoder to learn the space of all possible volatility surfaces for a particular asset class. Once trained, a variational autoencoder provides a fast, robust, and interpretable method that can complete volatility surfaces from partial information in real time.
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Viewpoint – Encouraging innovation in derivatives markets
Since FIA launched its Innovators Pavilion program in 2015, more than 100 startups have come to the FIA Expo in Chicago and demonstrated their innovations to key people in the derivatives industry.
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EU's Fit for 55: What it means for derivatives markets
Ahead of the United Nations' COP26 climate conference, FIA's MarketVoice looks at the EU's "Fit for 55" climate package and its implications for the global derivatives markets.
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Chicago derivatives firms gather for golf and a good cause
Chicago's derivatives community recently reunited for a day of networking and sunshine as the FIA Operations Americas Golf Outing took place for the first time since the pandemic began. And thanks to strong turnout and the generosity of participants, the event raised roughly $30,000 for local charities.
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Financial industry has more work to do on socio-economic diversity
The topic of social class, which has largely been conspicuous for its absence in many firms' diversity and inclusion strategies, featured prominently on a recent panel discussion at FIA's IDX conference in London. Speakers agreed that more work needs to be done to boost socio-economic diversity to ensure talented people of all backgrounds are given the opportunity to succeed.
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People news – September/October 2021
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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