Futures Industry Association

Futures Industry Association Cancels Prestigious Boca International Conference Due to an Abundance of Caution Because of Global Coronavirus Outbreak

by John Lothian | Mar 3, 2020

The Futures Industry Association has cancelled its International Conference in Boca Raton, Florida scheduled to start next week out of “an abundance of caution.”

Ransomware Attack Hits FIA Tech Managed Service Provider CyrusOne

by John Lothian | Dec 6, 2019

One of FIA Tech’s managed service providers, CyrusOne, was the target of a ransomware attack that knocked out three services FIA Tech offers from the data center. Two of those three services have been restored, one as of Wednesday morning and...

Industry-Driven Derivatives Insights

by Thom Thompson | Apr 22, 2019

The following is a discussion of the inaugural quarterly edition of “Derivatives Insight Report” published on April 14, 2019, by Acuity Business Intelligence, a platform for insights and analytics in the derivatives market. The company was...

Walt Lukken on the Power of Markets and the FIA’s Agenda

by Spencer Doar | Apr 2, 2019

The Futures Industry Association’s Walt Lukken talks about the power of derivatives markets and the FIA’s outlook for 2019.

Downey’s Money.net Takes FIA Innovator Award

by Sarah Rudolph | Oct 25, 2016

Market data and information service looks to disrupt the Bloomberg and Reuters space with new ultra-low priced offering The winner of the FIA's first ever competition for Innovator of the Year at the 2016 Expo in Chicago was Money.net, which was chosen by a panel of...

CFTC’s Massad Recaps 2016

by Jim Kharouf | Oct 24, 2016

Chairman says Reg AT is next big item on the list to finish before yearend. The futures industry's regulator had several initiatives in 2016 but the top items were tackling the issue of cybersecurity, margin and the upcoming finalization of automated trading rules. On...

Maureen Downs, Rosenthal Collins Group – Brutally Honest: The Role of the Mentor

by Jeff Bergstrom | Aug 24, 2016

"Everyone wants to be on their team. They understand human nature, they bring people together, they know how to resolve conflict. That makes a great mentor." Maureen Downs never had a mentor, but she knows what it takes to be a good one. A mentor is not supposed to be...

Walt Lukken, FIA – The New Normal and the Five Tips

by Jeff Bergstrom | Aug 10, 2016

"We're in a very exciting industry. Fundamentally, the demand for risk management in our financial markets to service the real economy is not going to disappear. It may change on the margins and people are going to leave the business, but it is going to be here and...

Kate Maehr, Greater Chicago Food Depository – Volunteerism: Good for the community and good for you!

by JLN Staff | Jul 27, 2016

"We are living stressed-out lives. Yet there is really clear data that people who volunteer regularly have less hypertension, better sleep patterns, less depression, and they live longer. The message here is not only is it the right thing to do, it is also really good...

2016 Exchange CEO Series: LSE’s David Weisbrod Talks Clearing And Openness

by JLN Staff | Mar 30, 2016

The London Stock Exchange Group has been in the headlines of late for its proposed merger with Deutsche Boerse Group, and perhaps another suitor, but until then LSEG's David Weisbrod says there is much to do in the meantime.Weisbrod, who serves a dual role as US...

2016 Exchange CEO Series: Jeff Sprecher Talks Data, Clearing and Growth for ICE

by JLN Staff | Mar 28, 2016

For the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), 2015 was about major investments in data and analytics services. Now in 2016, the exchange is looking to integrate recent data acquisitions into its business and grow well beyond traditional exchange trading and clearing...

2016 Exchange CEO Series: CME’s Gill Looking For Customer Efficiencies PART 2 of 2

by Spencer Doar | Mar 23, 2016

https://player.vimeo.com/video/160150053 With new capital requirements of banks and other institutions, John Lothian News sat down with CME Group's CEO Phupinder Gill at the FIA Boca Conference to talk about CME's new cleared swaptions service through its...

2016 Exchange CEO Series: CME’s Gill Looking For Customer Efficiencies

by JLN Staff | Mar 17, 2016

CME Group has been focused on global growth, just like every other major exchange. But to get there, the exchange leader believes it has to work with customers to streamline costs so it can expand. In part one of our two-part interview at the FIA Boca Conference, CME...

Paul-André Jacot; The Story of a Man, an Organization and a Conference; I Will Go To Bürgenstock This Year In Honor of Paul-André

by John Lothian | Aug 19, 2015

Paul Meier, the longtime chairman and now honorary chairman of the Swiss Futures and Options Association, has written a tribute to his friend and SFOA colleague, the late Paul-André Jacot, who passed away last week.The tribute is about Paul-André, but it is also about...