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People News – February / March 2026
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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‘When Worlds Collide’: Exchange leaders discuss convergence of tradfi and crypto
The walls between traditional finance and crypto are starting to fall. Exchange leaders at FIA Boca shared how new alliances are bringing the two worlds together.
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MarketVoice Podcast - Paul Atkins, Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Paul Atkins, Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, spoke to Walt Lukken at FIA Boca about his aims to reset the SEC–CFTC relationship through stronger harmonisation and a clear “tone from the top” to end turf wars and support innovation.
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Global regulators see momentum in tokenisation but warn hurdles remain to scale
Tokenisation is edging closer to the mainstream, promising faster, more efficient markets – but regulators warn the hardest challenges are still ahead. At FIA Boca, policymakers unpacked what must be solved before tokenisation can truly scale and reach "escape velocity".
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Regulators highlight momentum behind EU centralised supervision
Regulators and policymakers at FIA Boca signalled growing momentum behind plans to centralise supervision of key EU market infrastructures, with an expanded role for ESMA at the core. Framed as a potential “game-changer,” the reforms aim to boost competitiveness and deepen capital markets.
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Viewpoint: Extraordinary becomes ordinary
March 3 of this year saw the highest volumes of any day on record, according to data gathered by FIA Tech. But the markets seemed to digest these volumes with a yawn compared to past peak days. How did our industry process nearly double the volumes of past crises as if it were a normal trading day? The answer: technology, standards and metrics.
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Tokenisation: Wall Street’s digital transformation is real and coming soon to a bank near you
Tokenisation that relies on blockchain technology will continue to transform Wall Street in the second half of the year, according to executives at global banks, buyside firms and infrastructure providers during a panel discussion at FIA Boca.
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Prediction markets stir debate as exchanges push for clear rules
Prediction markets are rapidly gaining traction in financial markets, but the sector’s future may hinge on how regulators ultimately define them. The heads of several of the world’s largest exchanges debated the issue during a panel at FIA Boca, where the fast growth of event-based trading has collided with lingering questions about whether such contracts are financial products or simply gambling.
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Analysis: Geopolitics, prediction markets and tokenization seen as top three drivers of derivatives market change in 2026
Change is constant in the derivatives market, but the drivers of change are not. This year's research into market participant opinions revealed that the top three drivers are geopolitical conflict, prediction markets and tokenization. Just as telling, the regulatory agenda, which had been a top concern in the past, dropped to fifth place on this year's list. The findings are based on an assessment of industry sentiment conducted by Crisil Coalition Greenwich in partnership with FIA.
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Retail-focused precious metals derivatives trading surges, outpacing institutional growth
Retail investors fuelled a sharp rise in trading activity across precious metals derivatives in 2025, while institutional benchmark futures contracts saw comparatively muted growth.
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