A study of product innovation in the global futures industry with an analysis of whether the success rate is rising or falling. This session will looks at a broad spectrum of products including fixed income, indexes, foreign currencies and the successful new over-the-counter products being traded and/or cleared on exchange. Representatives from Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America share their observations on innovation.

Chair:
Dr. Michael Gorham, Director, Center for Financial Markets, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology

Speakers:
Philip Bruce, Senior Strategy Adviser, Euronext.liffe
Patrick Catania, Advisor, National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange, Mumbai
Satish Nandapurkar, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Futures Exchange