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The transition to data solutions and commercial hedging tools: CQG’s Ryan Moroney
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 INDUSTRY LEADER SERIES At FIA Expo 2019, CQG President Ryan Moroney spoke with JLN about CQG's evolution from a products-based company to a "solutions-based" company 40 years in, and how its values- and ethics-based culture...
Keeping up with a growing industry: Trabue Bland of ICE Futures U.S.
Trabue Bland, president of ICE Futures U.S., discussed the growth of the FANG+ Index Futures, the impact of zero or low interest rates on ICE's clearing members and other market participants, how traders use data now compared to decades ago, and more at...
Swaps proficiency requirements and other initiatives: the NFA’s Tom Sexton
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 INDUSTRY LEADER SERIES The National Futures Association (NFA)'s swaps proficiency requirements will be implemented in January 2020. Tom Sexton, NFA's president and CEO, spoke with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about the work that went...
Bringing Efficiency to the Raw Materials Markets: MaterialsXchange’s Mike Wisnefski
Mike Wisnefski, the CEO and co-founder of MaterialsXchange, spoke to John Lothian News at FIA Expo 2019 about bringing transparency and efficiency to the raw materials markets.
Regulator Rumble
This week on The Spread – Bakkt’s CEO heads to Washington, the VIX perks up for the first time since October, and regulators debate over who has jurisdiction over SPIKES futures trading on MGEX.
Russell 2000 Index derivatives blossom amid increased global demand for U.S. equities: FTSE Russell’s Sean Smith
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 INDUSTRY LEADER SERIES Sean Smith, managing director of derivatives licenses at FTSE Russell, painted an upbeat picture of current Russell 2000 volume when he spoke to John Lothian News at FIA Expo 2019. He credited global demand for small-cap...
Grayscale wants digital asset regulators and investors to get along
When you lose your digital assets, there isn’t exactly a 1-800 number you can call to seek legal recompense. It’s still the Wild West in a lot of ways...investors still get scammed, the heads of new platforms are still getting pinched for running unregistered...
Changing Paradigms : Chris Hehmeyer of Hehmeyer Trading + Investments
Low volatility, regulatory uncertainty, lack of transparency – there is no shortage of challenges for those trading in the digital asset market. Chris Hehmeyer joined JLN at FIA Expo 2019 to discuss how his firm, Hehmeyer Trading + Investments, is meeting these challenges.
Dan Stern – Open Outcry Traders History Project
Here Dan Stern tells his story in an interview for the MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project.
Metadata, AI, and monitoring global risks: Predata’s Hazem Dawani
At FIA Expo 2019, Predata CEO Hazem Dawani explained metadata and how his company uses it to monitor the economic, social and security risks of more than 180 countries. Metadata allows the company to alert customers as to patterns and anomalous behavior early on that later lead to major events or shifts in online interests.
Trading platform migration complete, Cboe’s Chris Isaacson outlines next steps
Chris Isaacson, Cboe Global Markets executive VP and chief operating officer, talked to JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about the exchange operator’s next steps after finishing the three-year-long migration of Cboe’s exchanges to Bats technology.
Paul R.T. Johnson Jr – Open Outcry Traders History Project
MarketsWiki Education's Open Outcry Traders History Project Paul RT Johnson, Jr. was recently interviewed by John Lothian News for the MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project. Johnson is a Chicago-based former futures broker,...
Tariffs, Transitions, and STIRs: Wedbush’s Bob Fitzsimmons at FIA Expo
Bob Fitzsimmons, executive VP at Wedbush Securities, spoke with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about the transition away from Libor to Sonia, SOFR and Ameribor, the potential for bitcoin contracts, FCM consolidation, and the impact of tariffs on the agricultural community.
Exchanges Powered By the Cloud: Connamara Systems’ Jim Downs at FIA Expo 2019
Jim Downs, founder and CEO of Connamara Systems, talked with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about how the cloud can help minimize the impact of technology on the ability for entrepreneurs to start new exchanges.
Market Expansion, Data Solutions and Software as a Service: Trading Technologies’ Rick Lane, Part I
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 Industry Leader SeriesRick Lane, Chairman and CEO of Trading Technologies, sat down with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 to talk about market expansion and rebuilding at TT. He explains how TT is using its software as a service platform to try to...
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