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Garry Jones, CEO, London Metal Exchange: Managing an Exchange in Uncertain Times
“It doesn’t matter where you start, it matters where you finish. Don’t just do the job for the money. Do your research, work hard…and it might work out.” Garry Jones, CEO of the London Metal Exchange, says that our lives and the career path we...
Blair Hull – Getting the Edge: Blackjack and the S&P 500
"What you need to be is persistent and disciplined in your strategy." Blair Hull, founder and managing partner at Ketchum Trading, compares the similarities of playing Blackjack with trading the S&P 500. Hull is not only an experienced Blackjack player, but also...
George Martin, Cheevers & Co. – Keeping The Human Element
"The human element is critical. There's so much power in a handshake or a face-to-face meeting." George Martin, trade support specialist at Cheevers & Co., discusses the importance of human interaction in the financial industry. Despite the fact that technology...
Focused: What The Industry Knows About Transparency (Part 3)
Back in November, the industry gathered for the annual FIA Expo event in Chicago. There, John Lothian News used an exhibitor booth (Thanks Cinnober!) as its studio to ask industry participants key questions about transparency issues in today's markets. 1. Where do we...
Focused: What The Industry Knows About Transparency (Part 2)
Back in November, the industry gathered for the annual FIA Expo event in Chicago. There, John Lothian News used an exhibitor booth (Thanks Cinnober!) as its studio to ask industry participants key questions about transparency issues in today's markets. Where do we...
Focused: What The Industry Knows About Transparency (Part 1)
Back in November, the industry gathered for the annual FIA Expo event in Chicago. There, John Lothian News used an exhibitor booth (Thanks Cinnober!) as its studio to ask industry participants three questions about transparency issues in today's markets. Where do we...
Focused: What The Industry Knows About Transparency
Back in November, the industry gathered for the annual FIA Expo event in Chicago. There, John Lothian News used an exhibitor booth (Thanks Cinnober!) as its studio to ask industry participants key questions about transparency issues in today's markets. Where do we...
Chris Hehmeyer, managing member, HTG Capital Partners – Why Cereal Might Be Cheaper On Mondays At 8 AM
"The technologies are changing so fast that you can always jump in to whatever's next." Chris Hehmeyer, managing member at HTG Capital Partners, gives a brief history of the financial markets and discusses his journey from Tennessee to Chicago. Hehmeyer describes the...
Ray Cahnman, chairman, Transmarket Group – Me, Us & You: How Trading Works
"Opportunities today are even greater. Competition, however...is brutal. " Ray Cahnman, chairman of Transmarket Group, begins his presentation with a list of books, movies and news stories he recommends that give a glimpse into the financial industry. He then...
Veronica Augustsson, CEO, Cinnober – The Why & How of Technology
"If you don't know the technology, you don't really know what you can achieve. It's when you combine the business knowledge and the technology that you achieve something special." Veronica Augustsson, CEO of Cinnober, discusses the importance of tying together...
Brendan Bradley, chief innovation officer, Eurex – The New World of Finance
"We are the wheels of industry. You wouldn't actually have the rest of these businesses operating if it wasn't for the fact that the finance world still greases all of the wheels making all these businesses come around." Brendan Bradley, chief innovation officer of...
Stuart McClymont, managing director, JDX Consulting – Financial Services Infrastructure
"We've got lots of people and lots of different technologies, but we've got common problems; common issues that try to reduce the amount of duplication and operation processes for a common function." Stuart McClymont, managing director at JDX Consulting, explains the...
Hirander Misra, CEO GMEX – Exchange Innovation: The Need to Think Outside the Box
"The key to that is how technology is used. All too often in the exchange space, we've been doing the same thing we've essentially been doing for many many years and we haven't really seen a change." Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX, compares the business model of Netflix...
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