Hugh Freedberg is widely credited with the turnaround and reinvention of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange.
CONTINUE READINGPresident Bill Clinton appointed Bill Rainer to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at a critical time when the agency was dealing with the issues involved in the growth of the swaps market.
CONTINUE READINGBob Fink has made an enormous contribution to the futures industry in his service as a public director on the FIA’s board.
CONTINUE READINGEdmund O’Connor was the architect of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and for decades he was a major figure in the Chicago derivatives trading community.
CONTINUE READINGMike Dunn has spent a lifetime in public service, most of it being an advocate for agriculture.
CONTINUE READINGYasuo Mogi has been a key figure in Japan’s futures markets for more than 40 years.
CONTINUE READINGVictor Liew currently serves as Chairman of the Fullerton Fund Management Co. and CapitaRetail China Trust Management.
CONTINUE READINGSpeaking before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Risk Management, FIA President John Damgard called for a “measured” implementation of the derivatives reforms contained in the Dodd-Frank Act and described a number of problems with the rules proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CONTINUE READINGFIA submits comments in response to CFTC Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments on Antidisruptive Practices Authority Contained in Section 747 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Principal Traders Group today released a report setting out a number of recommended risk controls for trading firms that have direct access to exchange matching engines.
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