MarketVoice News
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MarketVoice Podcast - Don Wilson, Founder and CEO, DRW
At FIA's IDX conference, Walt Lukken sat down with DRW founder and CEO Don Wilson to discuss how innovations in blockchain and AI will transform trading and reshape markets as we know them. Wilson also shared his advice for success to up-and-coming traders.
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Viewpoint - Clearing the air on US Treasury clearing
With the deadlines for the SEC's US Treasury clearing mandate looming, FIA has taken a keen and active interest in this new market structure.
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People News – May/June 2025
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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MarketVoice Podcast - IDX Preview with Anna Davreux and Nate Lalone
Ahead of IDX, Walt Lukken spoke with Anna Davreux, senior vice president and partner at FleishmanHillard, and Nate Lalone, partner at Katten, to discuss the European policy and regulatory landscape. They cover the Capital Markets Union and simplification, the impact of geopolitical events, the relationship between the UK and the EU, and crypto. To end, Davreux and Lalone share their favourite spots to eat in their respective cities.
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Digital asset market legislation offers opportunity to streamline efficiencies
US market regulators and US bank regulators should develop and implement capital efficiencies by permitting both cross product margining and cross product netting. These efficiencies would improve market liquidity and incentivize clearing activity by highly regulated US banks across both emerging digital asset markets and traditional markets.
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India's options crackdown weighs on global ETD trading volume
The global exchange-traded derivatives market experienced a notable decline in volume in Q1 2025 compared to the same period last year, largely due to a fall in the number of equity options contracts traded on exchanges in India.
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Johnson announcement could leave CFTC with one commissioner
CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson’s announcement to step down “later this year” could leave the agency with only one sitting commissioner
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People News - April/May 2025
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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FIA charity spotlight: LTSB
Ahead of Social Mobility Day on 12 June, MarketVoice spoke to LTSB, the social mobility charity supported by FIA and Futures for Kids. Launched in 2012 by David Pinchin, the co-founder and former CEO of interdealer broker Tradition Financial Services, LTSB prepares and connects bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to careers with major firms.
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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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