Former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton says that he is excited by the emergence of digital currencies – he’s even backed one – but he strongly favors regulation to avoid a crypto catastrophe. Chilton spoke earlier this week at FTF’s derivatives processing conference, DerivOps North America, held in Chicago. In a speech at the conference and… Read More >>
Have You Called Your Regulator Lately?
A recurring message emerged from several of the sessions at our DerivOps conference in Chicago earlier this week. It’s simply this: financial services firms should take advantage of a new, more proactive dynamic between them and regulators. Basically, firms should feel free to tell regulators what they’re doing, especially with so many disruptive phenomena and… Read More >>
Nominees Announced for the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards
Reflecting the diversity of the Ops industry, established players such as Eagle Investment Systems and SmartStream and newcomers such as DataBoiler and Duco are among the nominees for the fifth annual FTF News Technology Innovation Awards, which are being announced today. Voting on the nominees starts today and continues until March 25, 2015. The winners… Read More >>