The International Futures Industry Conference is FIA’s most powerful and prestigious event. Boca delivers an unparalleled opportunity to engage with the global cleared derivatives industry. Industry executives from around the globe have gathered here for 50 years every spring.
CONTINUE READINGJoin us for this leading conference on how global forces and regional trends and issues are shaping Asia-Pacific markets.
CONTINUE READINGThe annual FIA Disaster Recovery Exercise is conducted to test primary and back-up site communications to and from derivatives exchanges and clearinghouses, that is, both front- and back-office, and to verify round-trip connectivity and process recovery.
CONTINUE READINGExpo covers the cleared derivatives industry from end to end. Whether ground-breaking fintech startups or leading voices analyzing the most pressing issues, the Futures & Options Expo is your destination to build partnerships, spot trends and define the future of our industry.
CONTINUE READINGGlobal exchanges, technology firms and financial institutions take advantage of this annual meeting in London to connect with existing clients and identify new ones as well as get up to speed on the latest industry trends and regulatory developments.
CONTINUE READINGPresenters will first identify what event markets and prediction markets are, as well as the commonalities and the differences between the two. Next, the discussion will focus on CFTC’s regulatory authority over these markets, what constitutes (or does not) gambling and betting, and how these markets have been developing in the past several years. Finally, presenters will survey recent litigation involving the States and attempt to predict what this industry will likely look like in a few years given legal, political, market and technological developments.
CONTINUE READINGWith the recent addition of three customers and two major European banks to its ISA Direct program this summer, Eurex Clearing has made important progress in standing up the direct membership model it first introduced in 2016.
CONTINUE READINGAviva Investors, one of the largest asset managers in the U.K., is an active user of derivatives as a component in the investment solutions that it offers to insurance companies, pension funds and other institutional investors. In this interview, the latest in a series of buyside profiles in MarketVoice, Barry Hadingham, the company's head of derivatives and counterparty risk, talks about some of the current challenges Aviva Investors is facing in both the cleared and uncleared derivatives markets and explains why his firm may opt to move its clearing to the U.S. after Brexit.
CONTINUE READINGValdis Dombrovskis is set to retain his role as the European commissioner for financial services, after president-elect Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her proposed line-up of commissioners at a press conference in Brussels on 10 September.
CONTINUE READINGSince the first round of the trade war between the U.S. and China in 2018, agricultural markets worldwide have been operating in an environment of extraordinary uncertainty. U.S. farmers have long counted on China as their top export market, but the see-saw nature of the trade negotiations — and China's decision to shift its purchases to other parts of the world — have radically disrupted traditional trade flows.
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