Traders,
This past week I attended the Futures Industry Association IDX event in London. I was fortunate enough to sit down and chat with several industry leaders about the European landscape of financial markets.
I asked them how they see the Brexit and the upcoming political events effecting our markets. We discussed topics ranging from new regulations, lack of volatility, euro clearing, the expansion of FX trading across Asia, and even getting reliable connectivity in emerging markets!
I’ve always said that we’re not just traders, we’re entrepreneurs. I stress how important it is, not only to study technicals and the fundamentals, but to understand what shapes the future of this industry. Whether it’s regulation or compliance, it’s something that heavily effects our trading businesses whether you like it or not. That’s why I firmly believe attending these FIA events and reporting back to you is so important!
You can go to their website here: httpss://fia.org/
So what was a major theme this year? It was the political uncertainty being an overhang on financial markets. We have all seen the lack of volatility lately, not only for the traders, but for the banks and businesses associated with futures markets.
I had a wonderful time in London. It’s truly an awesome city that I look forward to coming back to soon! As usual thank you all for listening and please enjoy this episode!
Guests:
Simon Puleston @puleston
FIA Head of Europe
Record Date: 6/6/17
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Steve Stewart @Trading_Tech
Managing Director, Sales TT EMEA
Record Date: 6/6/17
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Fraser Bell @FGBELL4
CRO BSO
Record Date: 6/6/17
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Paul Houston @PaulHouston
Global Head of FX Products at CME Group
Record Date: 6/6/17
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Take-A-Ways:
My first guest today was Simon Puleston Jones, Head of Europe at FIA. Today Simon and I talked about Euro Clearing, Brexit & how the exchanges say that the top concern of their clients right now is the uncertainty in politics.
Next I spoke with Steve Stewart, Managing Director of Sales at TT Europe. Steve and I talked about Rugby and how being an athlete can be beneficial to working in the Financial Markets, we talked about the political landscape in Europe and impacts on traders , we discussed the financial regulation calle MiFid 2 and also about new happenings at TT.
Next I spoke with Fraser Bell, Chief Revenue Officer at BSO Networks. We chatted about my passion for wanting to visit Scotland and of course we then went on to talk about market related topics…Expanding FX trading across Asia as demand for currency derivates is increasing in emerging markets and their recent Partnership w CME to provide connectivity in emerging markets which is huge if youre a trader and someday wants to trade from a remote island.
Last but not least I spoke with Paul Houston, Global Head of FX Products at CME Group. Paul and I had a great conversation about the crazy weather here in London, we talked about the evolution of FX products as this year is the 45 year anniversary of FX products being launched at CME. We discussed new product offerings in FX markets at CME and the process of them choosing to launch a new product. Finally I asked him about some of the topics that he has been focusing on here at IDX.
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