The HIstory of Financial Futures

Ray Carmichael – The History of Financial Futures – Part 2

by John Lothian | Jan 13, 2021

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 – The History of Financial Futures Part I

by John Lothian | Jan 13, 2021

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.