Once again the IDX Gala Dinner is being held in aid of Futures for Kids, the industry’s charity which raises funds used to provide better lives and futures for children.
CONTINUE READINGTrading volume on swap execution facilities reached $923.4 billion in average notional value per day during September 2021.
CONTINUE READINGChicago's derivatives community recently reunited for a day of networking and sunshine as the FIA Operations Americas Golf Outing took place for the first time since the pandemic began. And thanks to strong turnout and the generosity of participants, the event raised roughly $30,000 for local charities.
CONTINUE READINGAhead of the United Nations' COP26 climate conference, FIA's MarketVoice looks at the EU's "Fit for 55" climate package and its implications for the global derivatives markets.
CONTINUE READINGSince FIA launched its Innovators Pavilion program in 2015, more than 100 startups have come to the FIA Expo in Chicago and demonstrated their innovations to key people in the derivatives industry.
CONTINUE READINGRiskfuel uses a type of deep neural network called a variational autoencoder to learn the space of all possible volatility surfaces for a particular asset class. Once trained, a variational autoencoder provides a fast, robust, and interpretable method that can complete volatility surfaces from partial information in real time.
CONTINUE READINGRostin Behnam, currently the acting chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, testified before the US Senate Agriculture Committee on 27 October in a hearing that is part of his nomination to become permanent chairman of the agency.
CONTINUE READINGBroadway and its technology solutions make it possible for derivatives market participants to create, combine, and extend large-scale, high-performance intelligent trading systems.
CONTINUE READINGAt FIA Expo, market participants agree the time has come to discuss industry-led standards
CONTINUE READINGAt the FIA Futures & Options Expo on 4 November, a group of industry experts discussed the growing interest in event markets, which offer binary options based on the outcomes of sporting events, the release of economic indicators, and even pop culture. These markets hold an especially strong appeal for a large and growing number of individual investors who have plunged into trading stocks, options and futures over the last several years.
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