June 15, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we speak with CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo and CFTC Chief Economist Bruce Tuckman.  We review their white paper, “Swaps ...

CFTC Talks EP047: CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo and CFTC Chief Economist Bruce Tuckman

June 8, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we speak with iCapital CEO Lawrence Calcano on the state of the alternative investment sector.  We cover how iCapital ...

CFTC Talks EP046: ICAPITAL CEO LAWRENCE CALCANO, Part 2

June 1, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we speak with iCapital CEO Lawrence Calcano on the state of the alternative investment sector.  We cover how iCapital ...

CFTC Talks EP045: ICAPITAL CEO LAWRENCE CALCANO, Part 1

May 18, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, CFTC’s Dan Gorfine and I bring on UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s Nick Cook, head of RegTech and Advanced Analytics. We ...

CFTC Talks EP044: UK’S FCA Nick Cook, RegTech and TechSprint lead, Part 2

May 17, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, CFTC’s Dan Gorfine and I bring on UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s Nick Cook, head of RegTech and Advanced Analytics. We ...

CFTC Talks EP043: UK’S FCA Nick Cook, RegTech and TechSprint lead, Part 1

May 11, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on Mike Englund, Chief Economist at Action Economics.  We discuss his outlook for GDP (+3.4% for next ...

CFTC Talks EP042: Mike Englund, Action Economics

May 4, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, CFTC’s Dan Gorfine and I bring on Andreesen Horowitz’ lead on fintech investments, Alex Rampell.  We cover a wide range of ...

CFTC Talks EP041: Alex Rampell, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

April 27, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we discuss China and US Trade.   ...

CFTC Talks EP040: Derek Scissors, AEI resident scholar on Chinese and Indian Economies

April 20, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on CFTC Director of Enforcement James McDonald.  We cover the DOE’s approach to precious metals, enforcement of ...

CFTC Talks EP039: CFTC Director of Enforcement James McDonald

April 13, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on an expert in the non-virtual currency world known as foreign exchange. Deutsche Bank’s George Saravelos Deutsche ...

CFTC Talks EP038 George Saravelos Deutsche Bank, Global Co-head FX Research

April 6, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we have University of Illinois Prof. Scott Irwin, an expert in speculation in the commodity markets. We talk about ...

CFTC Talks EP037: Dr. Scott Irwin University of Illinois, speculation expert

March 30, 2018

This week on CFTC Talks, we bring on special guest USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue. We cover his background, his priorities and strategic goals for ...

CFTC Talks EP036: USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue