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Scouts Meet STEM at the Chicago Trading Tech 300 Merit Badge Program
As exchange floors have shut down and markets have become more electronic, avenues of entry to that world have changed, and opportunities to find jobs through relationships and networking have diminished.
CONTINUE READING2015 FIA Annual Futures and Options volume survey: Asia Takes the Lead
FIA’s annual survey of derivatives exchange volumes highlights strong growth in the trading of futures and options at exchanges in China, India, Korea, Singapore and other parts of Asia.
CONTINUE READING2015 FIA Annual Futures and Options volume survey: Asia Takes the Lead
FIA’s annual survey of derivatives exchange volumes highlights strong growth in the trading of futures and options at exchanges in China, India, Korea, Singapore and other parts of Asia.
CONTINUE READINGEU Regulatory Report Card: End-Users Decry Cumulative Impact of Regulation
In the eight years since the financial crisis, the derivatives industry has been playing a game of slow motion table tennis as it reacts to the swathe of new rules that regulators and politicians around the world have been batting its way in a bid to prevent a recurrence.
CONTINUE READINGMAC Swaps: An Analysis of Trading Trends in 2015
Several years ago a group of buy-side firms came together in an effort to lead the interest rate swap market towards greater standardization of contract terms.
CONTINUE READINGInsight: Oil Prices: A Study in Hedging Against Unpredictable Prices
Watching oil prices crash below $30 a barrel is a sobering lesson in the limits of our ability to predict the future.
CONTINUE READINGFIA elects new board members at annual meeting
Boca Raton, Fla.—FIA announced the election of directors to its board at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Seven directors were elected at this meeting for one and two-year terms.
CONTINUE READINGFIA responds to DECC proposals on UK electricity market operators
FIA has responded to the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) in the UK on proposals for the monitoring and enforcement of nominated electricity market operators
CONTINUE READINGCFTC and SEC Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules have strengthened the regulators’ enforcement regimes and encouraged employees to report wrongdoing, but also create new requirements and hazards for employers.
CONTINUE READINGLiquidity and Quote Fading
One observation I see made regularly by commentators on electronic markets is that liquidity can 'disappear in an instant' and is somehow ephemeral. Quotes, they say, tend to fade as soon as the market notices there's a seller around. I'm always rather bemused by this observation, because it implies that in more manual markets, liquidity is (or was) more stable.
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