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Explainer: What are compute futures and how do they work?
Several exchanges are developing futures linked to the cost of computing power as demand from AI continues to grow. MarketVoice looks at what is being developed, how the contracts would work and whether a viable derivatives market can emerge.
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People News – August / September 2026
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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Twenty-five years later, we remember
We pause today, 25 years later. We remember the colleagues and friends our industry lost and the families who were left behind whose names FIA memorialized 25 years ago. We remember the first responders who unflinchingly ran toward danger. And we remember the countless acts of courage and kindness that emerged from the devastation.
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From perpetuals to compute futures: four takeaways from the CFTC’s innovation meeting
The inaugural meeting of the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee showed that the debate is shifting from innovation itself to the rules, infrastructure and safeguards needed as new products move deeper into regulated markets.
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Commodity fragmentation reshapes derivatives markets
For decades, expanding trade, integrated supply chains and global pricing benchmarks brought commodity markets closer together. Now conflict, tariffs and resource nationalism are pushing them apart.
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Derivatives get smaller, shorter and always on
Derivatives markets are evolving in new ways. Around-the-clock trading through perpetual futures, same-day expiries in options markets and rapid growth in micro contracts are giving market participants more flexibility over when they trade, how long they hold positions and how much exposure they take.
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People News – July/August 2026
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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E Pluribus Unum
As we look back on America’s 250th birthday, we should reflect on one of our nation’s most enduring mottos, “E Pluribus Unum.” This Latin phrase, which is carved over the entrance of the Supreme Court, means “Out of Many, One.” With thirteen letters, the phrase came to symbolize the original thirteen states uniting in strength for a common purpose, despite their differences.
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Building better policy through in-person dialogue
FIA and members of its Board recently met with senior officials across the US government and regulatory community to discuss the issues shaping the future of financial markets. In his latest Viewpoint column, FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken highlights key themes from those conversations, including 24/7 trading and clearing, Treasury market reform, regulatory coordination between the SEC and CFTC, and the outlook for digital asset market structure legislation.
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Clearing, capital and technology: FIA’s Lukken on the next phase of market growth
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken discusses how derivatives markets have adapted to record volumes and the challenges ahead for clearing and market structure.
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