Ginger Szala

About the Author

Ginger Szala

Group Editorial Director Ginger Szala has written for and edited Futures magazine since joining in November 1983. Her main beats were covering the international growth of the business and its players and developing the managed funds coverage of the magazine. As a result she has interviewed some of today's best global hedge fund and commodity trading advisors. In 1999 she was named publisher in addition to editor of Futures, and in 2009 was named Group Editorial Director of Summit Business Media's Professional Services Group, which in addition to Futures includes Treasury & Risk, Credit Union Times and InsideCounsel magazines. She received a master's degree in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. gszala@futuresmag.com

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  Settlement by any other name

  By Ginger Szala  |  December 11, 2012

  The $1.9 billion settlement between the U.S. government and HSBC proves one thing: No one can keep big banks in check.

• Restoring trust

  By Ginger Szala  |  December 1, 2012

  December/January editor's note from Ginger Szala

• Top 50 Brokers of 2012: The good, bad and ugly of a post-MF Global world

  By Daniel P. Collins, Ginger Szala  |  December 1, 2012

  One year after MF Global’s collapse, we corralled the heads of six brokerage firms to talk about industry challenges. ...all agree that restoring customer confidence is the top priority.

• Restoring trust

  By Ginger Szala  |  November 26, 2012

  It’s possible that for many readers, Futures has spent too much time focusing on what happened with MF Global and PFG and how their deceitful use of customer segregated funds has stained the futures industry.

• MF Global: One year and counting

  By Ginger Szala  |  November 1, 2012

• MF Global: One year and counting

  By Ginger Szala  |  October 24, 2012

  In reviewing the events around the MF Global bankruptcy, it appears everyone moved faster than the brokerage entity, which no one seemed to be protecting.

• Going backwards

  By Ginger Szala  |  October 1, 2012

• Going backwards

  By Ginger Szala  |  September 26, 2012

  August volume for CME Group compared to the same period last year was down by 40%. That’s not a statistic that sits well with an industry that has grown, almost non-stop, for a few decades.

• It takes a vision

  By Ginger Szala  |  September 1, 2012

  September editor's note from Ginger Szala

• Melamed on Milton and the impact of currency futures

  By Daniel P. Collins, Ginger Szala  |  September 1, 2012

  Leo Melamed was instrumental in changing the futures industry, but he couldn’t have done it without Milton Friedman. Here, Melamed talks about Friedman’s contribution and the future of the industry