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  • • Hall of Fame, Audio

    Jörg Fischer

    Jörg 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.

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    William H. Gross

    Bill Gross is one of the premier money managers of our time.

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  • September 11, 2008 • FIA, Commodities, Press Releases

    FIA statement on CFTC Index Trader report

    The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement from FIA President John Damgard regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s staff report on commodity swap dealers and index traders

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  • July 17, 2008 • FIA, Commodities, Press Releases

    FIA statement on S.3268, the Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008

    The Futures Industry Association today released the following statement expressing its opposition to S. 3268, the bill titled "Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act" that is now pending in the U.S. Senate.

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  • June 10, 2008 • FIA, Commodities, Press Releases

    FIA releases statement on CFTC energy markets oversight

    The Futures Industry Association strongly supports the recent efforts of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to bolster price transparency and enhance market surveillance in commodity and energy futures markets.

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  • February 5, 2008 • FIA, Advocacy, Press Releases

    FIA statement on DOJ letter to Treasury regarding US futures market structure

    Today the Treasury Department made public a comment letter from the antitrust division of the Justice Department regarding the structure of the U.S. futures markets.

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  • • Hall of Fame

    Richard Berliand

    FIA is pleased to announce the induction of Richard Berliand, the chairman of J.P. Morgan’s global futures and options business, into the Futures Hall of Fame on March 14, 2008.

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  • September 26, 2007 • FIA, Customer Protection \ Segregation, Dodd Frank, Press Releases

    FIA testifies before House Agriculture Subcommittee on CFTC reauthorization

    FIA President John Damgard testified at a Sept. 26 hearing of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management on the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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  • • Hall of Fame, Audio

    William Buchanan Dunavant, Jr.

    Billy Buchanan’s extraordinary successful career in the cotton business was tied intimately with the growth and development of the New York Board of Trade and its predecessor, the New York Cotton Exchange. 

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    George F. Haase, Jr.

    George Haase was president of the New York Clearing Corporation, a position he hadheld since 1993.

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