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  • FIA roundtable focuses on retail trading trends in derivatives markets 

    Demographic shifts are leading to a growing interest in retail access to futures markets, particularly in digital assets and event contracts. This presents the industry with a significant opportunity to continue a long tradition of innovation.  

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  • MarketVoice Podcast - Adena Friedman, Chair and CEO of Nasdaq

    At FIA Boca in March, Walt Lukken sat down with Nasdaq Chair and CEO Adena Friedman to discuss what she's hearing from customers and business leaders on the outlook for the US economy, Nasdaq's plan to move to 24/7 trading in 2026, AI and more.

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  • Viewpoint - Cleaning our Regulatory Closet

    We have come to the end of a regulatory super cycle that began with the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, and it's time to "spring clean" our regulatory closet. Over the last 15 years, governments have placed layers and layers of regulation on financial firms, some certainly justified but some excessive and overly prescriptive. The compliance costs of these regulations have a real impact on our economic growth and productivity.

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  • Predicting the future of prediction markets

    While prediction markets have existed for many years, they exploded in popularity in 2024 thanks to the introduction of contracts that allowed people to bet on elections. That success demonstrated that these contracts could become a new asset class for both retail and institutional investors.

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  • People News - April 2025

    Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry

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  • Carbon trading gains momentum in Southeast Asia

    Carbon trading is gaining momentum in Southeast Asia. New spot market exchanges for buying and selling carbon offsets have opened their doors in recent years in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Although the volume of transactions is still small, the direction of this nascent market is clear.

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  • Derivatives in growth markets will continue to thrive, exchange leaders say 

    Over the past five years, India and Brazil have emerged as two of the fastest-growing derivatives markets in the world, while the Middle East ranked as an important new area of growth in a recent FIA derivatives survey. According to exchange leaders from these regions, growth will continue, buoyed by a rising number of foreign investors and retail traders participating in the markets. 

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  • MarketVoice Podcast - CFTC 50th Anniversary

    In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first class of commissioners at the CFTC, Walt Lukken spoke with three agency veterans about its history, how it has evolved and what makes the CFTC unique. Tune in to hear perspectives from Andrea Corcoran, De'Ana Dow and Rick Shilts.

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  • Viewpoint - Celebrating the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    After 50 years, the CFTC remains uniquely positioned to keep pace with our ever-changing markets.

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