JLN Profiles

Unsung Heroes Series: Q&A with CME Group COO Julie Holzrichter

by Sarah Rudolph | Jul 15, 2020

In the second installment of JLN’s Unsung Heroes series, CME Group’s COO Julie Holzrichter responded to questions about what it’s like managing operations under the unusual conditions brought about by the coronavirus.

John Lothian Profiles: A Look Back with Steve Staszak

by John J. Lothian | Jun 13, 2019

Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at the...

John Lothian Profiles: Ralf Roth – Market Structure Matters

by Spencer Doar | Jul 19, 2018

Ralf Roth got his start in 1994 at Deutsche Bank as a junior fixed income analyst. Starting at the bottom and working his way up, Roth occupied various roles in equities and prime broking before eventually becoming the global head of...

John Lothian Profiles: George Gero’s long winding road through the futures industry

by Sarah Rudolph | Jul 18, 2018

George Gero started out as a floor clerk on the New York Stock Exchange in 1959. He has been a witness to the growth and changes in the markets over the years, becoming a member of NYMEX, COMEX, the American Stock Exchange and PHLX...

John Lothian Profiles: Bob Otter – 40 Years in Futures

by Mike Forrester | Oct 5, 2016

From humble beginnings as a runner during high school, Bob Otter became a futures industry tale of success. He told John Lothian News about what was lost and what was gained when exchanges went all electronic, as well as the lessons...

John Lothian Profiles: Tom Kadlec

by JLN Staff | Jun 27, 2016

From regulation to technology to the revenue structure, futures commission merchants have experienced drastic changes over the last 30 years, as Tom Kadlec, CEO of ADM Investor Services, knows full well. In this John Lothian Profiles...

John Lothian Profiles: Mike Forrester reflects on 50 years of trading at the CBOT

by Jeff Bergstrom | Apr 20, 2016

Toledo, Ohio-born Mike Forrester has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade for more than 50 years. He started out at the CBOT as a runner for the old Uhlman Grain Company in 1963 at age 22. He got interested in the markets and...

John Lothian Profiles: Blair Hull

by JLN Staff | Aug 19, 2015

It's not every day you hear one of the most successful traders and businessmen in the industry say he got his start as a card counter in blackjack."My brother-in-law told me that he made money in Lake Tahoe, enough money to pay for...

John Lothian Profiles: Lee Stern

by JLN Staff | Sep 24, 2014

Lee Stern has seen it all in his career - the highs of great markets and the lows of market scandal. After completing his military service in 1947, Stern enrolled in Roosevelt College and then found his way to the Chicago Board of...

John Lothian Profiles: Neal Kottke

by JLN Staff | Mar 19, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BESH_tfCDE Neal Kottke, chairman of Kottke Associates in Chicago, is one of those industry veterans who has done it all in his career, from the commercial side to clearing, to starting his own clearing firm to...

John Lothian Profiles: Tom Cashman

by JLN Staff | Sep 29, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq5NaNt0z_g Tom Cashman, a member of an iconic Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) family, is a pit trader, exchange trading floor broker and 50-year member of the exchange. Tom Cashman's contributions to the CBOT...