Mark Melin

About the Author

Mark Melin is a leading expert on non-correlated investing. He has taught managed futures at Northwestern University executive education program and has written, edited or contributed to four books, including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) Mark is a journalist covering hedge funds for ValueWalk.com. Follow him on Twitter @MarkMelin

Richard Sandor launches AMERIBOR futures on American Financial Exchange (AFX)

LIBOR Will Eventually Die, Say Former CFTC Chair and AFX Chair

Mark Melin
May 13, 2020
Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo and AFX Chairman Richard Sandor on LIBOR issues and STIR benchmark alternatives.
Richard Sandor launches AMERIBOR futures on American Financial Exchange (AFX)

Regulators Warn Not To Continue With LIBOR, Richard Sandor Sees a Future With Multiple Interest Rate Benchmarks

Mark Melin
July 25, 2019
Richard Sandor, the CEO of the American Financial Exchange (AFX) sees a more diverse outcome for the interest rate benchmark used to set trillions in global interest rates on everything from mortgages to credit cards. The “father of financial futures” sees a world in which a variety of interest rate benchmarks operate. AFX exchange created a LIBOR alternative, AMERIBOR, which he says better represents US interest rates for regional and community banks and will trade on the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE).