Observations & Insight Trading platform migration complete, Cboe's Chris Isaacson outlines next steps JohnLothianNews.com Chris Isaacson, Cboe Global Markets executive VP and chief operating officer, talked to JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about the...
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CQG Creates a Chief of Staff Position; Names Alli Brennan to Role
CQG has created a new position to help execute their strategic business plan. The position is chief of staff, and for that position they selected Alli Brennan. She started in that role on May 1. Brennan’s rise at CQG is a product of...
The CFTC and Fintech Innovation, Part 1 – Goals of LabCFTC
“Our chairman has articulated very clearly that you can’t be an analog regulator in an increasingly digital world. So, our focus is on facilitating market enhancing innovation while ensuring market integrity.” On May 17, the CFTC announced the launch of its new...
Innovation Is the Only Cure for Fragmentation; Deutsche Börse Reveals Three ‘Pillars’ of Its Pervasive Blockchain Integration; Index Funds Still Beat ‘Active’ Portfolio Management
First Read Cold as ICE: Sprecher asks UK, How much do you love me? In the battle for financial markets in Europe, exchanges would like some more communication about why they should stay in the UK. By Jim Kharouf To hear one exchange leader tell it, UK markets could...
The future of futures markets: Exchanges looking to fail fast
Andreas Preuss, deputy CEO, Deutsche Boerse had a show stopper. At the IOMA: World Federation Exchanges conference in Frankfurt on Friday, he said his exchange will have to speed up its business processes exponentially in the next...
Adena Friedman, Nasdaq – Exchanges: Drivers and Beneficiaries of Change
"Today, exchanges are, at their core, technology companies as well as marketplaces." Adena Friedman loves working with interns. After all, she began her career as an intern at Nasdaq a number of years ago. Now, she serves as the exchange group's president and chief...
Rob D’Arco, Rival Systems – Technology: the Center of the (Financial) World
"It's an exciting time for technology in the trading industry. Never before has technology been so instrumental across all aspects of the financial markets." When Rob D'Arco was tasked with the design of an options trading platform 15 years ago, he was admittedly...
Patrick Thornton-Smith: Innovation – Cars and Fintech
The recent ‘Thompson Reuters 100 Global Innovators Study’ made some interesting reading. It made me think about how innovation principles from some seemingly unrelated businesses are interrelated, such as cars and fintech.Of the 100 firms in the Survey, 10 were from...
John Avery, SunGard – Financial Technology: An Innovative Career Choice
“The cost to comply with all of that [post-2008] regulation has actually forced firms to reduce what they spend on revenue generating opportunities… That’s created a situation where revenue growth hasn’t been as dramatic or as aggressive as it has been in the...
Innovation Ecosystems: Unlocking real value through fintech innovation
Steve Grob - Director of Group Strategy, FidessaBarely a day goes by without another announcement from a Fintech startup that says it is going to do to capital markets what Uber or Airbnb have done to the transport and accommodation industries. Many of these...
Innovation Incubation: TriOptima’s Mireille Dyrberg Looks at the Latest FinTech Trends
For the past several years, derivatives conferences have been all about regulation. But as Dodd-Frank, MiFID II and other global regulations move through the rulemaking phase to implementation and beyond, the focus has shifted from regulation to innovation.The 2015...
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...
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...
Matthew Scharpf, Vice President Sell Side Business Development, Eurex – Trading with a Creative Mind
"You're filling your toolbox...You're not going to need it today or tomorrow, but one day it's good to have." Matthew Scharpf, vice president of sell side business development for Eurex, gives a unique look at systems in the financial industry and how we can connect...
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