Les Hosking, currently managing director of the National Electricity Market Management Company, served as the chief executive and managing director of the Sydney Futures Exchange from 1985 to 2000.
CONTINUE READINGBob Easton, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Commodities Corporation, is one of the most visionary leaders of the managed futures industry.
CONTINUE READINGJörg Fischer had the vision for the creation of the Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Soffex), was instrumental in getting DTB Deutsche Terminbörse established, and masterminded the concept as well as the detailed blueprint for the first cross-border derivatives exchange, Eurex, launched in 1998, resulting from the merger of Soffex and DTB.
CONTINUE READINGWorld-renowned economist and champion of free markets, the late Milton Friedman is also acknowledged as the father of financial futures.
CONTINUE READINGPaul Jacot holds a unique place in the history of futures and options trading in Europe.
CONTINUE READINGAs a prominent member of the U.S. derivatives bar for more than four decades, Philip Johnson has left a lasting imprint on both the securities and the futures markets.
CONTINUE READINGJuliette Proudlove (Jools) had a special zest for life... and for Liffe—the London International Financial Futures Exchange.
CONTINUE READINGEd Schroeder, over the course of several decades, has played a critical role in helping to shape futures trading laws.
CONTINUE READINGGary Seevers, after serving on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers both as a staff economist and as one of three members on the panel during the Nixon administration, was appointed in 1975 by President Ford as a founding commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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