Chris Hehmeyer

Chris Hehmeyer: Open Outcry Traders History Project

by John Lothian | Oct 13, 2020

Chris Hehmeyer started out as a runner in the CBOT grain pits, but he really wanted to get into the financial room – which many of the grain traders sneered at. He did it, trading bonds and eventually becoming a phone clerk.

Veteran Commodities Trader Chris Hehmeyer Goes All In on Crypto; Investors Are Favoring Firms That Let People Work From Home

by Matt Raebel | Jun 25, 2020

Veteran Commodities Trader Chris Hehmeyer Goes All In on Crypto; Investors Are Favoring Firms That Let People Work From Home

Chris Hehmeyer: An Endorsement of the Crypto World Like None It’s Ever Seen

by John Lothian | Jun 24, 2020

The crypto world received a large and powerful endorsement yesterday from a pillar of the futures world. Chris Hehmeyer, in a blog post where he announced the reasoning for rebranding his firm from Hehmeyer Trading + Investments to just Hehmeyer, gave the crypto world...

Chris Hehmeyer – Bitcoin, Bakkt and Beyond

by Sarah Rudolph | Apr 3, 2020

Hehmeyer Trading and Investments shut down its CTA and CPO and IB business at the end of the year, along with its Hehmeyer Cryptocurrency Index Fund. The market maker is now focused on cryptocurrencies, bitcoin in particular. Chris Hehmeyer told John Lothian News that...

Changing Paradigms : Chris Hehmeyer of Hehmeyer Trading + Investments

by Matt Raebel | Dec 5, 2019

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.

Chicago Mayor Emanuel addresses FinTank meeting, makes case for Chicago as crypto and fintech hub

by Chuck Mackie | Mar 19, 2019

In what might prove to be a seminal moment in the development of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community in Chicago, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel addressed an audience of nearly 150 on Monday. Extolling the virtues that Chicago possesses, Emanuel made the case that the city has the opportunity to become a preeminent global fintech center.

FIA 2018 charts the rise of institutional crypto investors

by Matt Raebel | Oct 22, 2018

Like most people, I tend to pay more attention when someone directly addresses me or people like me. As a millennial, I tend to exercise this principle a lot, as we've been inundated by the word "millennials" over the past 10 years or so. We’re...

Notes from The Trading Show Chicago 2018

by Chuck Mackie | May 14, 2018

Terrapinn’s Trading Show has established itself as a sure sign of spring in Chicago, and while the past few years have found the event swinging heavily to a focus on the technology side of trading, including chips, servers, databases...

A Grateful Scouter with a Big Silvery Beaver-Like Smile

by John Lothian | Jan 11, 2018

I was informed late last night that I am to be recognized for my contributions to Scouting with a Silver Beaver Award on behalf of Pathway to Adventure Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The Silver Beaver Award recognizes...

The Industry Discusses Cryptocurrencies and DLT, Part I

by Spencer Doar | Nov 9, 2017

At the 33rd Annual FIA Futures and Options Expo in mid-October, John Lothian News spoke with a variety of industry participants about upcoming milestones and trends in financial markets. This fifth video in the series is the first to cover the crazily popular...

Brand New: Hehmeyer Moves Into Managed Futures & More

by Jim Kharouf | Jan 25, 2017

Sometimes it's time to diversify. Chris Hehmeyer formed a new firm called Hehmeyer Trading & Investments LLC that will expand into the managed futures and introducing broker space. The renamed company comes from his prior firm, HTG Capital Partners, which acquired...

John Lothian Newsletter: JP Morgan moves global clearing role to London; IBM’s New Blockchain Bet Targets Next Wave of Financial Services; Fed’s Neel Kashkari Says Banks Still Too Big to Fail Reply: johnlothian@johnlothian.com

by JLN Staff | Feb 17, 2016

First Read Bits & Pieces Jim Kharouf and Doug Ashburn, JLN Random events and thoughts today. John's back surgery went as planned yesterday. He's resting and recovering, and will soon be in rehab. (Physical rehab, not the other kind.) Today marks Chris Hehmeyer's...

Reg AT Stirs Concerns Ahead of CFTC TAC Meeting

by Sarah Rudolph | Jan 26, 2016

The CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss three issues important to the trading industry: 1) the CFTC’s proposed Regulation Automated Trading (Reg AT); 2) swap data standardization and harmonization; and 3) the...

James Koutoulas Needs to Put Up or Step Aside

by John Lothian | Dec 31, 2014

NFA board of directors member James Koutoulas has made some troubling accusations about the nomination of public directors by the NFA Board’s Executive Committee. He needs to come forth with some convincing smoking gun, proving the conspiracy and cover up he is...