Analysis of market data from a day when a partial outage prevented liquidity providers from accessing a major pan-European exchange has revealed that their absence materially decreased volumes and increased the cost of trading.
CONTINUE READINGIn a letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) urged the SEC to reject the Proposal which would reduce the current 15-Minute TRACE reporting timeframe to one minute across certain bond markets.
CONTINUE READINGFIA today announced the induction of 12 new members into the FIA Hall of Fame. The new members will be honored at an awards ceremony during FIA's annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla., on 12 March.
CONTINUE READINGNick Forgan has spent more than 35 years in the cleared derivatives industry, including 32 years at J.P. Morgan where he held leadership positions in Sydney, Singapore and London.
CONTINUE READINGLeslie Sutphen is president of Financial Markets Consulting, a firm she founded in 1998, and co-founder of Women in Listed Derivatives (WILD), an organization that provides a voice for women in the global industry. Over the past 25 years, Sutphen has been involved in numerous roles in the futures industry including head of electronic trading at Newedge (now Société Générale) and head of strategy at Chopper Trading (now part of DRW Trading.)
CONTINUE READINGDe’Ana Dow is partner and general counsel at Capitol Counsel. She is one of the most recognized experts on physical and financial futures markets issues, with many years of senior-level experience in both technical and policy areas.
CONTINUE READINGJohn Munro has been an active member of FIA, addressing technical issues such as the FIXML standard for futures trade messaging, the conversion methodology for positions in the euro currency conversion, and industry testing for Y2K date logic functionality.
CONTINUE READINGTimothy Doar retired as managing director and chief risk officer of CME Group’s clearinghouse division in 2014, having held managing director responsibilities for 10 years overseeing CME Clearing’s exposure to counterparty risk as well as its financial safeguards and risk management approach.
CONTINUE READINGRobert Moore is a prominent figure in finance and futures trading and currently serves as the general partner at Marquette Partners, a liquidity provider specializing in exchange-traded derivatives. With a career spanning more than four decades, Moore has made substantial contributions to the industry, leaving an indelible mark on the Chicago financial landscape.
CONTINUE READINGCharles Carey was a founder and partner of HC Technologies, formerly Henning and Carey, a commodity trading firm and clearing member of CME Group.
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