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  • Ethics & AI

    Ethics and AI
    Artificial intelligence is transforming industries, including the futures industry, by enhancing efficiency, enabling automation, and driving innovation. Deploying AI without considering its ethical implications would be highly irresponsible. Jamila Piracci who is Principal at Roos Innovations explains how to navigate the ethical considerations and implications of AI. CONTINUE READING

  • Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Basics

    Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Basics
    Curious about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology? Jayant Krishnamurthy, Chief Technology Officer at Duro Labs, covers the fundamentals of the rapidly growing $4T crypto industry and walks through the real-world example of Pyth Network, a blockchain project redefining market data distribution. Recorded live at FIA Futures & Options Expo, Tuesday, November 18, 2025. CONTINUE READING

  • Transforming the Position Transfer Process

    DMIST Position Transfers
    With the release of a new DMIST standard, the industry now has a framework to accelerate processing times, more efficiently collect the data needed to effect the position transfer and set the stage for automating the process. Representatives from brokerage firms, clients and clearinghouses share their insight on how clients, clearing members and clearinghouses can work together to streamline the Position Transfer process and reduce risk. CONTINUE READING

  • Stablecoins Explained: Crypto’s Big Bang Moment? 

    Stablecoin
    For years, Wall Street banks kept stablecoins at arm’s length. But now, even the most conservative parts of traditional finance are starting to recognize their potential. It feels like a seminal moment, but, as always with technological innovation, there are risks and challenges and questions of hype vs reality.  CONTINUE READING

  • Improving the Timeliness of Give-Up Processing

    Timeliness of GIve-up Processing
    How is the industry addressing friction points that cause delays in give-up processing? This webinar features members of the Derivatives Market Institute for Standards who have been actively implementing the 30/30/30 Standard. Representatives from brokerage firms and clients share how they identified and resolved issues causing processing delays, reduced risk and increased the percentage of trades in the right account on T+0. CONTINUE READING

  • US Treasury Market Gears Up for Central Clearing

    Treasury Clearing
    Banks, broker-dealers, asset managers and other participants in the US Treasury market are scrambling to comply with a regulatory mandate to step up their use of central clearing. The adoption of central clearing will require market participants to implement a host of changes to their processes, systems and counterparty relationships. CONTINUE READING

  • Perpetual Futures Contracts

    Perpetual futures contracts
    Long used offshore, this novel product has arrived in the US. First launched in 2016 by BitMEX, the crypto industry has popularized perpetual futures contracts in offshore markets with increasingly strong interest. Learn more about perpetual futures and why they are so popular. 

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