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Russ Chrusciel
- head of Valdi Options US
- SunGard’s capital markets business
- russ.chrusciel@sungard.com
Russ Chrusciel manages SunGard’s Valdi solutions for derivatives trading, helping to craft the strategic direction of offerings for customers engaged in the trading and risk management of exchange-listed derivatives. His areas of specialization include options trading, options market-making, volatility arbitrage and risk management.
Mr. Chrusciel has been involved with derivatives trading for more than 14 years, in roles spanning the trading, product management, account management, risk management and technology sides of the business. He is a regular contributor to Forbes.com as well as to Twitter, posting insights on key developments and evolving trends within the derivatives space. Mr. Chrusciel also has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News and Advanced Trading. Mr. Chrusciel holds a BSBA in finance from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA in entrepreneurship and finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Commentary
Change has been the only constant in the financial markets over the past few years. From the 2008 financial crisis and related bailouts to the rise of high-frequency trading firms and continued technological progress, market participants face a much more complicated trading world than existed just a few years ago.
For firms currently engaged in the business of derivatives trading, there are certainly many issues to address to manage their businesses effectively. Handling the areas of risk management and regulations such as Dodd-Frank will continue to be a focal point for these companies.
High-frequency trading firms will definitely play a role in derivatives trading too. Given their recent impact, it stands to reason that both high-frequency trading firms and other market participants will dictate what types of market structures will eventually win out – be they based on price-time priority, maker-taker pricing or another methodology.
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