The History of Financial Futures
John J. Lothian & Company, Inc., MarketsWiki Education and John Lothian Productions are pleased to announce plans for a large scale video project to collect the history of the open outcry era and traders’ personal stories.
Additionally, John Lothian Productions plans to develop video documentaries about specific themes and subjects emerging from the collected personal histories.
The project is modeled on the Veterans History Project signed into law by President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. In this case, rather than capturing the experiences of veterans of warfare and conflict, we are capturing the personal market experiences of those who participated in open outcry markets around the world. Traders from Chicago to London to Paris to Sydney to Singapore and beyond are welcome to submit videos.
Trader Videos
JOHN MCPARTLAND – THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES
Longtime Banker Played Key Role During Early Days of IMM Currency Deliveries John McPartland joined Continental Bank in 1973 after leaving the Air Force. He worked two years in the internal audit department where he learned about secured financing. He was honing his...
JOHN DAMGARD – THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES
Longtime Washington Hand Who Led FIA, Reflects on the Start of CFTC, FIA and NFA as Financial Futures Began John Damgard spoke in 2019 to John Lothian News for The History of Financial Futures video series, when he was attending the FIA conference in Boca Raton. John...
THE HISTORY BEHIND SGX; AN INTERVIEW WITH RAMA PILLAI FOR THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES – A JLN INTERVIEW SERIES
(Editor’s note: John Lothian News interviewed SGX Chief Commercial Officer Rama Pillai at the FIA Boca Raton conference in 2019 for The History of Financial Futures video series from JLN and MarketsWiki Education. The plan was to weave the interview with other content...
FORMER CBOT GENERAL COUNSEL SCOTT EARLY – THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES – MARKETSWIKI EDUCATION
Scott Early first became involved with the Chicago Board of Trade as a litigator with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis when the exchange had a case go before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1970s. Then the Hunt Brothers silver corner hit and there were a lot more...
THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES: LEE OLIVER’S JOURNEY BACK TO HIS BEGINNINGS, PART 2
The most recent chapter of Lee Oliver’s career took him back into the world of banking and FX trading. In the second of a two-part video interview with John Lothian, Oliver talked about his transition from a busy career as a freelance writer for Euromoney to a job...
THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES: LEE OLIVER’S CAREER TURNS LED HIM FROM BROKERING TO REPORTING, PART 1
Lee Oliver grew up in South London and in 1981 left school for a temporary stint at brokering — a prospect that seemed more financially appealing at the time than getting a university degree in German or history. In this video interview with John Lothian, Oliver talks...
THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES: DOUG HARRIS PROVIDES AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Douglas E. Harris not only can talk about The History of Financial Futures, he was a part of its development.In this video interview with John Lothian, Harris traces his beginnings in the industry back to 1975, when he began work as an associate for the then-small law...
JIM MARZANO – THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES
BROKER AND TRADER OF FINANCIAL FUTURES AT CBOT SHARES TALES OF EARLY-DAY HICCUPS Jim Marzano thought he was going to be a grain merchandiser at Stotler Grain. Instead, he ended up being a broker and a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade. In fact, he made the first...
RICHARD SANDOR MAKES HISTORY WITH FINANCIAL FUTURES – JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS
Richard Sandor is known as the “father of financial futures,” a name given to him by the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Board of Trade for his work in helping to create 30-Year Treasury bond futures and many other financial contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade...
RAY CARMICHAEL – THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES – PART 2
Carmichael Led Communications at the Chicago Board of Trade During a Decade of Incredible Growth in Financial Futures Ray Carmichael was in the thick of the new markets, the early days of electronic trading and huge change in the futures industry globally as the head...
RAY CARMICHAEL – THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES PART I
Carmichael Led Communications at the Chicago Board of Trade During a Decade of Incredible Growth in Financial Futures Ray Carmichael joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1980, hired by then-CBOT president Thomas Donovan to lead communications for the exchange....
JLN LAUNCHES THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES EPISODE: GAME CHANGERS, PART II
Eleven years ago John Lothian News began work on a video series about the history of financial futures. We were motivated to get this history on video because of the death of Jack Wing, the CEO of The Chicago Corporation, who was an early supporter and proponent of...