Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.41 billion contracts in the month of February, down 10.7% from the previous month and down 1.6% from February 2018.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.70 billion contracts in the month of January, up 1.2% from the previous month and up 14.3% from January 2018. Total open interest at the end of January was 824.2 million contracts, down 4.3% from a year ago.
CONTINUE READINGYasuo Mogi has been a key figure in Japan’s futures markets for more than 40 years.
CONTINUE READINGEdmund O’Connor was the architect of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and for decades he was a major figure in the Chicago derivatives trading community.
CONTINUE READINGThe following Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and Delegated Acts were published in the EU Official Journal (OJ) on 31 March 2017. All apply from 3 January 2018 except where noted.
CONTINUE READINGPresident Bill Clinton appointed Bill Rainer to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at a critical time when the agency was dealing with the issues involved in the growth of the swaps market.
CONTINUE READINGFrom initial capital of $8 million, Julian Robertson built Tiger Management into the world’s largest hedge fund with capital of more than $23 billion.
CONTINUE READINGFor more than four decades, Jerrold Salzman has served as a leading expert in the laws and regulations that impact our industry and as a leader in the derivatives bar.
CONTINUE READINGLeo Melamed is one of the most prominent leaders of the futures industry and has played a hand in almost all the major industry-wide developments of the past four decades.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.86 billion contracts in the month of March, up 18.7% from the previous month and up 11.7% from March 2018.
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