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FIA warns of increased market fragmentation caused by regulation
Boca Raton, FL – FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today released a white paper that expresses FIA’s concerns about increased fragmentation of the global listed and cleared derivatives markets due to inconsistent and duplicative regulatory frameworks.
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Remarks of FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken at Boca 2019
Welcome everyone to Boca 2019, the 44th annual gathering of the futures and derivatives industry in south Florida, or as Jeremy Grant, the former FT journalist, termed it, “Best Industry Event—Ever.” Or put another way – Boca means business!
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Opening Remarks - Boca 2019
FIA President & CEO Walt Lukken kicks off the 44th International Futures Industry Conference - Boca 2019.
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Opening Keynote Panel: The Health of the Industry - Boca 2019
Boca 2019's kick-off panel considered the impact of a range of issues, including technology, regulation, globalization and consolidation, as industry leaders assess the critical steps required to ensure the on-going health of our markets.
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Opening keynote panel: The health of the industry - Boca 2019
A myriad of factors are shaping the development of the cleared derivatives industry in the coming years. This year’s kick-off panel considered the impact of a range of issues, including technology, regulation, globalization and consolidation, as industry leaders assess the critical steps required to ensure the on-going health of our markets.
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FIA announces diversity initiative
FIA’s Board of Directors today announced a new board-level initiative to encourage and support diversity in the futures industry.
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Manipulation law under the Commodity Exchange Act
This Law & Compliance Division webinar explored the current landscape of manipulation law under the CEA, and what these recent decisions mean both for the CFTC's enforcement program and private litigants.
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FIA announces 2019 Futures Hall of Fame inductees
FIA announced today the induction of 13 members into the FIA Futures Hall of Fame. This year’s class joins 144 other honorees in the Hall of Fame, which was established in 2005 on FIA’s 50th anniversary.
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Christopher K. Hehmeyer
Chris Hehmeyer is the manager and chief executive officer of proprietary trading firm Hehmeyer LLC and its subsidiaries. He is a registered floor broker with the National Futures Association, and has served on NFA’s board of directors for nine years and is past chairman of the board. Hehmeyer is a member of the board of directors of FIA, where he has served in several capacities, including vice-chairman of the board. Hehmeyer was one of the founding partners of Goldenberg, Hehmeyer & Co., a futures commission merchant and clearing member firm at the Chicago Board of Trade and CME Group. He was a managing director of Virginia Trading Corporation from 1981 until the establishment of the GHCO partnership in 1984. When GHCO was sold to Penson Worldwide in 2007, Hehmeyer became the CEO of Penson GHCO until 2010. Hehmeyer became a full member of the CBOT in 1981 and was a member of its board of directors from 1984 to 1987 and served on over 40 committees. He also served on the board of governors of the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation from 1993 until 1999, and as chairman from 1996 to 1998. He began his career as a runner on the trading floor in 1977.
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FIA co-signs letter on equivalence of trading venues under EMIR and MiFIR
Today FIA, alongside ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association), AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe), AIMA (Alternative Investment Management Association), Assosim (Association for Financial Market Intermediaries), EBF (European Banking Federation), EFET (European Federation of Energy Traders), ICI-Global (Investment Company Institute), IA (Investment Association) and SIFMA AMG (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Asset Management Group) signed a letter to European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis regarding the equivalence of UK trading venues.
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