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FIA testifies before House Agriculture Subcommittee on CFTC reauthorization
FIA President John Damgard testified at a Sept. 26 hearing of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management on the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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John F. ‘Jack’ Sandner
Jack Sandner was chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange during some of the most important events in the history of the futures industry.
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Brian Williamson
Brian Williamson, a former chairman of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, is one of the leading lights of the derivatives business in Europe.
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John M. Damgard
John Damgard celebrated 25 years as president of the Futures Industry Association in 2007.
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Adrian C. Israel
Adrian ‘Ace’ Israel was one of the giants of the commodity business during the 1960s and 1970s and an important leader during the early days of financial futures.
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K.K. Kodama
An important aspect of the FIA’s development over the years has been its efforts to establish a presence overseas. Few individuals have contributed more to those efforts than K.K. Kodama, an executive at Mitsui Trading Company who retired in 2006 after a long and distinguished career in international finance and futures trading.
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Jӧrg Franke
Few other people in the history of the futures industry can say that they had such a decisive influence on the course of its development as Jӧrg Franke, one of the founders of Deutsche Terminbӧrse.
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Billy O’Connor
Billy O’Connor was a legendary figure on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. A member of the exchange since 1955, he stood out in the trading pits with his ever-present green plaid jacket and shock of white hair.
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Myron Scholes
Myron Scholes helped create the intellectual foundation for the modern derivatives markets.
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Louis Moore Bacon
Louis Moore Bacon is considered one of the top traders in the world and his name has long been synonymous with the big success stories in the futures industry.
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