Executive Representative Reminder and Board and Nominating Committee Members Whose Terms Will Expire at the Board’s 2019 Regular Annual Meeting Executive Representative Reminder In August 2016, NFA’s Bylaws were amended to implement an electronic voting process for Directors’ elections, contested Nominating Committee member elections and Articles’ amendments approval votes. If elections are necessary, NFA has engaged Corporate Election Services (CES), a third-party service provider, to administer the electronic voting process. To facilitate the electronic voting process, each Member shall designate an Executive Representative who will have the Member’s sole authority to sign nominating petitions, receive notices of Member meetings and…...

View current and historical bid-ask spreads, book depth measures and cost to trade statistics for CME Group products through interactive visualizations. Evaluate the impact of orders in ticks across various CME core products Compare how large of an order to execute and its market impact Discover the depth of markets at each price level and in 3 time zones: Chicago, London and Singapore View Tool...

NIBA’s spring membership meeting will be held April 10 at the New York Athletic Club, New York City. The annual event includes a full afternoon of business sessions, as well as numerous opportunities for networking and catching up with your colleagues. Planning for the business sessions has begun. Mike Burke, [email protected], Steve Petillo, [email protected] and Melinda Schramm, [email protected] will co-chair the event. Please contact any chairman to suggest topics or speakers for the meeting, or to volunteer for the planning committee. NYC Event Page...

In Latin, octo means eight. October, the eighth month of the year is recognized traditionally throughout the world as the gateway to winter. In the U.S., we celebrate National Pizza Month and, of course, Halloween. In early October, the Wall Street Journal reported that CFTC enforcement actions and fines are up in 2018, while SEC-related numbers decreased over the same period. After falling slightly in 2017, CFTC numbers have risen this year in part to issues surrounding cryptocurrency offerings and spoofing. Complaints also include various recordkeeping and position limit violations. NFA has called for nominations to its board of directors…...

In the time of Charlemagne, September was “the harvest month.” In most of the modern world, September marks the start of the academic year. And here, in the U.S., we celebrate “Better Breakfast Month” and  National Bourbon and California Wine month. September brings NIBA’s Annual Membership Meeting. The meeting took place this year on Sept. 13 at the CME Group Building in Chicago. When it was time for the keynote speech, Rick Santelli, CNBC commentator rocked the house. Rick was more than informational — he is entertaining and very gracious. Thanks also to the CME Group for providing the facility…...

Thank you to DePaul University for another hugely successful joint symposium. This marks the 5th year NIBA has partnered with DePaul University to present an afternoon of education and networking for our members — and another standing-room-only event. This year’s topics included blockchain, NFA-audit triggers, new AML requirements, implementation of GDPR and changes to cyber-security regulations. The highlight of the meeting was an intimate and very informative armchair chat featuring Leo Melamed, pioneer of financial futures and Chairman Emeritus of CME Group. Big thanks also to the Joint NIBA/DePaul Symposium Committee. The 2018 event committee included: – Tom Sandy, Chairman…...