Mike Cavanaugh found his way to the trading industry despite his degree in political science because he had a brother-in-law in the wheat pit at the CBOT. He did a summer internship working for “one of the more prolific wheat traders” and soon fell in love with the place.
A Swedish Perspective from the Early Days of Electronic Trading
Peter Fredriksson was with OM in Sweden when they offered the first electronic trading platform.
Electronic trading changed the way quotes are generated, archived and delivered to traders, brokers and their clients over the internet. Barchart was a pioneer in delivering quotes over the internet and providing them for several exchanges. Today it is the largest futures-centric quote provider.
John Van Der Bleek got his start in the markets after working for a hospital part time with someone later hired at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as an employment manager.
Olivier Raevel is the first trader from the International Petroleum Exchange, or IPE, to be interviewed for the JLN MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project. He made history as a founding member of ICE and recommended that ICE buy the IPE.
Ricardo Manrique is the head of strategy for FTSE Russell and has a great perspective on the global index business after having significant roles at other index companies, including MSCI, STOXX and Dow Jones.
Ray Carmichael was in the thick of the new markets, the early days of electronic trading and huge change in the futures industry globally as the head of corporate communications for the Chicago Board of Trade.
Ray Carmichael joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1980, hired by then-CBOT president Thomas Donovan to lead communications for the exchange. Carmichael had come from the nonprofit world, so he understood how committees work in organizations.
Eleven years ago John Lothian News began work on a video series about the history of financial futures.
R.J. O’Brien (“RJO”) recently announced a major post-trade technology deal with Broadridge to supply RJO with the technology to manage post-trade flows on a global basis.
John Lothian News interviewed Randolf Roth, Eurex’s head of equity & index derivatives and head of client services for trading & clearing, over Zoom about Eurex’s MSCI offering.
John Lothian News interviewed Sam Mehta, the new chief operating officer at PEAK6 Capital Management. PEAK6 Capital Management has a unique portfolio of investments, including capital market investments and something as bespoke as owning an Esports team.
Kevin Darby started his career as a college kid on the CBOE trading floor and bridged the open outcry and electronic trading eras by using his knowledge of the trading floor processes and trading, his mathematical skills and his programming skills.
The LaSalle Street Dinner. The LaSalle Street After Hours Affair. The LaSalle Street Trading Tech Awards. Those are all the derivations of 49 years of the Chicago financial district congregating together to raise funds for Scouting in Chicago.
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