FIA has announced the names of six new members of the FIA Hall of Fame. The new members will be honored at an awards ceremony during FIA's 51st International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida, on 8-11 March 2026.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has announced the names of six new members of the FIA Hall of Fame, including Mark Spanbroek, former chairman of EPTA. The new members will be honoured at an awards ceremony during FIA's 51st International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida, on 8-11 March 2026.
CONTINUE READINGCrypto industry players who spoke on two panel discussions at FIA Expo agreed that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are on their way towards being fully investible by institutional investors, but offered different opinions about when that will happen.
CONTINUE READINGWalt Lukken sat down with Jeff Sprecher, Chair and CEO at ICE at the annual Expo conference. They discussed how the idea of the old guard vs. the new markets doesn't hold true, especially with ICE's strong record of innovation. And they covered ICE's history as a power exchange and how those markets have evolved, as well as prediction markets and ICE's investment in Polymarket, AI and much more.
CONTINUE READINGAppointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
CONTINUE READING24/7 futures trading is gaining momentum – but its reach will likely be shaped asset class by asset class, with crypto leading the way and traditional markets moving much more cautiously.
CONTINUE READINGFollowing the longest US government shutdown on record, a strong showing of attendees at FIA Expo listened to a panel of staffers from the US House Committee on Agriculture, the National Futures Association and industry lobbyists who discussed the future of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the likelihood of Congress passing crypto market legislation.
CONTINUE READINGFormer US cybersecurity chief Jen Easterly cautions that AI and quantum computing are accelerating cyber threats and urges a swift shift to resilient, secure systems.
CONTINUE READINGAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is an international law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The firm provides legal services across the spectrum of commodities, trading and derivatives matters, representing clients on complex transactions, investment management, regulatory issues, investigations and enforcement, and international trade.
CONTINUE READINGFIA advocates for market-led, voluntary clearing of gilt repo transactions in response to the Bank of England Discussion Paper on enhancing the resilience of the gilt repo market.
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