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.
The HIstory of Financial Futures
Ray Carmichael – The History of Financial Futures Part I
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.
JLN Launches The History of Financial Futures Episode: Game Changers, Part II
Eleven years ago John Lothian News began work on a video series about the history of financial futures.
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Trading Technologies Names New Chairman and CEO; IG Buys Tastytrade as Retail Investors Embrace Derivatives
Trading Technologies Names New Chairman and CEO; IG Buys Tastytrade as Retail Investors Embrace Derivatives
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Britain’s IG Group to Buy U.S. Options Firm Tastytrade For $1 Billion; U.S. Options Setup May Signal Risks for Stocks, Tallbacken Says
Britain’s IG Group to Buy U.S. Options Firm Tastytrade For $1 Billion; U.S. Options Setup May Signal Risks for Stocks, Tallbacken Says
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