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William S. Warren

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William Spalding Warren was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and served as its president for multiple terms.
He died on August 20, 1914 at his home in Hinsdale, IL.
== Background ==
Warren was born in Kalamazoo, MI on May 21, 1852. He moved to Davenport, IA at age 6. He moved to Chicago shortly before his 17th birthday.
He became an employee of the commission house name Spruance, Preston & Company and formed an early association with the activities of the Chicago Board of Trade.
Warren later was associated with the firm of William Young & Company. He left in 1877 and formed his own company and became a member of the CBOT.
In 1883 Warren retired from business, but returned 10 years later when the Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition was in the city. He then formed the company of Hulburd, Warren & Company with Charles H. Hulburd. The firm later became Hulburd, Warren and Chandler.
Warren was president of the CBOT from 1900 to 1902, serving three terms as the member organization. His terms were noted for reforming of the rules of the exchange and successful warfare on the bucket shops. 
He spoke at the dedication ceremony for a memorial for the soldiers who were members of the Chicago Board of Trade Battalion during the Civil War in the U.S.
During the dedication on Decoration Day 1901, Warren said:
 
Warren was a member of the the Union League Club of Chicago and the Chicago Commercial Club.
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Deceased
Category:Deceased Members of the Chicago Board of Trade
Category:CBOT Members
Category:Former CBOT Officials
Category:Presidents of the Chicago Board of Trade
William Schaeffer

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William Schaeffer is a president and partner of energy brokerage SCS Commodities Inc./SCS OTC Corp.
== Background ==
Schaefer began his career at NYMEX as a phone clerk and the NYMEX Division member for Kidder Peabody in 1988. He also held a position as a NYMEX Division member in charge of floor NYMEX options execution and sales for Shearson Lehman Brothers. 
== Education ==
Schaefer earned his bachelor degree of science from Boston University and a MBA from Seton Hall University. 
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
William Sharpe

William F. Sharpe, financial economist, is STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus, at Stanford University. In 1990, he shared the Nobel Prize in economics with Merton Miller and Harry Markowitz for ground-breaking work in financial economic theory that helped usher in the modern era of risk management.
== Background ==
Sharpe was one of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing Model and developed the Sharpe Ratio, an analysis of investment performance that he introduced as the Reward-to-Variability Ratio in a January 1966 paper, “Mutual Fund Performance,” but which others gave the "Sharpe Ratio" name that has become synonymous with evaluating money manager performance.
As a pioneer in analyzing mutual fund performance and the balance between risk and return going back to the 1950s, Sharpe also developed the binomial method for the valuation of options, the gradient method for optimizing asset allocation and returns-based style analysis for evaluating investment funds. He was an early computer programmer and teacher and was one of the first to recognize the value of applying technology to financial analysis and portfolio management.
In 1996, Sharpe co-founded Financial Engines, a firm that provides online investment advice and management for individuals, currently working with nearly a thousand large employers with three million employees.
He has written seven books on portfolio theory, asset allocation and investment fundamentals. His most recent book, published in 2007, titled Investors and Markets: Portfolio Choices, Asset Prices, and Investment Advice (Princeton University Press), Sharpe shows that investment professionals cannot make good portfolio choices unless they understand the determinants of asset prices. Until now, asset-price analysis has been largely inaccessible to everyone except PhDs in financial economics. Based on a lecture he gave at Princeton, Sharpe’s book details his approach to asset pricing in a nonmathematical form. 
In 2005, Sharpe was the first recipient of the Fred Arditti Innovation Award presented by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center for Innovation, which was established in 2003 to identify, showcase and foster examples of significant innovation and creative thinking. The award annually honors an individual or group whose innovative ideas, products or services have created significant change to markets, commerce and trade. 
== Education ==
== References ==
Category:Bios - Economists
Category:Bios - Educators
Category:Stanford University
Category:Stanford University
William Speth

William Speth is a financial industry executive who served as the vice president of research at CBOE Holdings Inc. He was a key figure in developing and expanding CBOE's index business and options-based strategy benchmark indexes. He currently serves as an advisor to the CEO and senior advisor for membership at The World Federation of Exchanges.
== Background ==
Speth was formerly the director and department head of research and product development for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). A 30-year options industry professional, he joined CBOE in 1995 after trading single stock, index and commodity options as a member of CBOE and the Chicago Board of Trade.
Speth was responsible for the design of new financial products for CBOE and for the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE). He worked extensively in development and support of the suite of CBOE volatility products (e.g., CBOE Volatility Index - VIX - options and futures) as well as the exchange's option strategy benchmark indexes (e.g., the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index– BXM). He is also responsible for the new option listings and contract adjustment areas at the exchange.
During his tenure at CBOE, Speth played a crucial role in founding the exchange's index business. He was instrumental in pioneering options-based strategy benchmark indexes and played a key role in launching the first "covered call" ETF. His work significantly contributed to the expansion of CBOE's product offerings and market influence.
Speth was appointed as vice president of research at CBOE Holdings Inc. in February 2012, a position he held until his retirement. 
== Education ==
*University of Rochester, (1978 – 1980)
*BS, Physics, Le Moyne College (1974 – 1978)
==References==	
Category:CBOE - Former Employees
Category:CBOE
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
William Steele

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William Steele is the Chief Credit Officer, Risk Management and a principal of Advantage Futures.
== Background ==
Over the past 20 years Steele has primarily focused on risk management. At Advantage, Steele was promoted to the role of overseeing the operations department in addition to the credit/risk management departments in the fall of 2006.
Before joining Advantage, Steele worked at Fuji Futures and Mizuho Securities, Linnco Futures Group, LLC, and Index Futures Group/Brokers Resource. 
He began his futures career as a retail client in 1979, and evolved through order desk execution, marketing, research and trading, compliance, margins, and risk management.
== Education ==
Steel holds a bachelor of science degree from Northern Illinois University, and completed his graduate work in economics at DePaul University.
== References ==	
Category:Risk Management Professionals
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Advantage Futures
William T. Bagley

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William Thompson Bagley is an American lawyer, educator, and political figure who served as the first chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 1975 to 1980. Bagley is a former California State Assemblyman, former member of the University of California Board of Regents and a former member of the California Public Utilities Commission and California Transportation Commission.
Bagley was also a founding board member of the Futures Industry Association.
In 2013, Bagley was inducted into the Futures Industry Association's Futures Hall of Fame, which was established in 2005 to commemorate outstanding contributions to the global futures and options community. 
== Background ==
Bagley was born on June 29, 1928 in Woodacre, CA. In 1957, he became the general counsel of the Young Republicans. In 1958, he was the vice president of the California Republican Assembly. From 1967 to 1969, he was a member of the California Judicial Council.
Bagley was named to be the first chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission by President Gerald Ford shortly after the commission was established in 1974. He served from 1975 to 1980. In 1981, Bagley became a member of the California Public Utilities Commission and served until 1986. 
In 1983, he became a member or the California Transportation Commission and served until 1989. 
He served on the University of California Board of Regents from 1989 to 2002. 
In 2018, Californian Jerry Brown declared June 29th as “William T. Bagley Day” [Honorary Day].
== Education ==
Bagley is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (Phi Beta Kappa), where he was valedictorian and Boalt Hall School of Law.
== References ==	
Category:Futures Hall of Fame Members
Category:Former CFTC Commissioners
Category:Lawyers
William T. Yates

Bill Yates currently is managing director of finance for TD Ameritrade, where he is responsible for providing regulatory financial support for the firm's back office securities clearance and settlement functions, and leading financial analysis, planning and reporting functions for the company's technology and operations organizations. His experience at TD Ameritrade also includes broker/dealer balance sheet management and oversight, including operational liquidity considerations. He plays a central role in the firm's work and relationships with various securities and futures regulators, and has been an active participant in TD Ameritrade's online brokerage industry consolidation activities.
== Background ==
Before joining TD Ameritrade in 1996, Yates spent nine years with the public accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP. He has served in various capacities in the securities industry, including roles with the FINRA financial responsibility committee, and more recently, FINRA's midwest district committee.
== Education ==
Yates has a B.S. from the University of Nebraska.
== References ==
William Tueting

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William Francis Tueting was a lawyer, Chicago exchange executive, adjunct professor and naval officer. He was a lawyer for over 50 years, including serving as the general counsel of the Chicago Board of Trade. He was a partner with Chapman and Cutler LLP when he died on September 15, 2019.
== Background ==
Tueting served as a naval officer during the Korean War.
For over 50 years, Tueting practiced law focusing on securities, derivatives and commodities. He represented securities and commodity brokers, investment advisers, hedge funds and banks.
== Education ==
Tueting attended Columbia University for an undergraduate degree and also received a law degree from the school
== References ==	
Category:Deceased
Category:Lawyers
Category:Former CBOT Staff
William V. Looney, Jr.

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William V. ("Bill") Looney is director of global client services at CBOE and head of CBOE's New York office. He joined the derivatives exchange group in 2012 after spending 15 years financial institutions, both on the institutional and retail sides.
 
== Background ==
Prior to joining CBOE, Looney spent ten years as an equity derivative sales trader, holding posts at Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Sanford C. Bernstein. He worked closely with hedge funds, mutual funds and asset managers, focusing on directional long/short and event driven trading strategies and risk-arbitrage. 
Before covering institutional clients, Looney was a derivative strategist and structured product salesman at Salomon Smith Barney. 
== Education ==
Looney graduated with honors from George Mason University School of Management, with a B.S. in finance and minor in economics. 
==MarketsWiki Education==
Looney participated in the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in New York at Nasdaq in July of 2016.
== References ==
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Category:Credit Suisse - Former Employees
Category:Citigroup - Former Employees
Category:Sanford C. Bernstein - Former Employees
Category:Salomon Smith Barney - Former Employees
Category:MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity Speaker
William W. Hobert

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William ("Will") W. Hobert is the founder of WH Trading LLC, a proprietary futures and option trading firm. He founded WH Trading in 1998 and has served as a market maker and liquidity provider in numerous asset classes at the CME Group in both open outcry markets and electronically traded markets.
Hobert also serves as a member of board of the CME Group.
He is also the chair of the board for My Block My Hood My City.
In 2020, Hobert was appointed to chair the Illinois Finance Board by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Hobart was appointed to the Illinois Finance Authority in 2019. Hobart also serves on the President's Board of UCAN and is involved with AUSL.
Hobert is a mentor and former employer of Jahmal Cole, the founder of My Block, My Hood, My City.
== Background ==
Hobert worked for Cooper-Neff and Associates from 1988 to 1994 as an FX options market maker on the floor of the CME. He also traded in the over-the-counter markets. 
In 1994, he founded Hobert Trading Inc., which is a member of WH Trading, LLC. 
As a member of the CME Group board of directors, Hobert is a member of the Clearing House Oversight Committee, chair of the Clearing House Risk Committee and chair of the IRS Risk Committee.
== Education ==
Hobart holds a bachelor of arts from Wesleyan University. While at Wesleyan, Hobart was a member of the men's hockey team.
== References ==	
Category:Copper-Neff and Associates - Former Employees
Category:CME Group Board of Directors
Wilshire 5000 Index

The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 (DWCFT) aims to represent the entire U.S. market of equities that are readily priced. It contains more than 5,000 stocks and so is the most comprehensive stock index intended as a benchmark for the entire U.S. market.
==Background==
The Wilshire 5000, known offically as the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Total Return Index, was created in 1974 by Wilshire Associates (now part of Dow Jones) and consisted then of just under 5,000 equities. It has since been used to create a family of sub-indexes that measure the performance of large-cap, medium-cap, small-cap and micro-cap stocks. The Wilshire competes as a comprehensive U.S. market index with the Russell 3000 Index and the MSCI Broad Market Index.
With 6,700 stocks currently the Wilshire 5000 is the broadest-based U.S. market index, although its top 10 components comprise more than 17 percent of its total value. As of Dec. 31, 2007 the technology sector contributed 29 percent of the index's value, followed by 25 percent consumer non-durables and 14 percent finance.
==Trading the Index== 
Asset manager State Street Global Advisors manages an exchange-traded fund (ETF) - SPDR DJ Wilshire Total Market ETF (TMW) - that trades on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). The fund aims to track the weighting and returns of the Wilshire 5000 Index. As of May 2008 the TMW's net assets totaled over $138 billion at a price of $102. The fund's largest holding was ExxonMobil with 3.28 percent followed by General Electric with 2.13 percent and Microsoft at 1.69 percent. 
== References ==
Category:Indexes
Wilson Koh

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Wilson Koh is a Singapore-based banking and exchange executive who serves as the director of commodity sales for the Singapore Exchange.
== Background ==
Before joining SGX, Koh was a vice president and director at Mizuho Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd where he was head of business development and sales.
He was also previously a vice president at Citicorp Futures Singapore.
== Education ==
He holds a bachelor degree in business administration from the National University of Singapore.
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Singapore
Category:SGX
Category:Exchange Executives
Category:Citicorp - Former Employees
Category:Mizuho - Former Employees
Winsome Ng

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Winsome Ng was named managing director and group head of internal audit at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) effective in early September 2021. 
In this new role, she will oversee HKEX Group’s Internal Audit function, as well as providing independent assurance to the Board on the group’s risk management, governance and internal control processes. She reports to both Nicolas Aguzin, HKEX CEO, and Stephen Yiu, the chairman of HKEX’s Audit Committee.
== Background ==
Ng previously spent five years at Credit Suisse, where she was managing director and chief auditor, Asia Pacific. Before that, she spent nearly 19 years at J.P. Morgan, where she was most recently managing director and regional audit head, Asia Pacific – Corporate and Investment Bank.
== Education ==
Ng majored in accounting and commercial law and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne in Australia. She is a qualified Certified Practicing Accountant in Hong Kong and Australia.
== References ==
Winton Capital Management

Winton Capital Management is an investment management firm founded by David Harding. It is a UK based hedge fund company. Over the past decade, Winton has launched proprietary trading systems that utilize mathematical algorithms. Winton executes a systematic trading program in which it can hold long or short positions in futures and equity markets around the world. As of 2013, Winton had $25.5 billion assets under management. It trades on more than 120 futures market and has been ranked the fourth-largest hedge fund company in Europe. 
== History ==
The firm started out in 1997 as a commodity trading advisor with $2 million under management, using powerful computers to capitalize on trends in markets. From the beginning, Winton emphasized the hiring of talented science graduates into the firm. 
In October, 2007, Winton sold a 10 percent stake to a Goldman Sachs backed private equity fund, Petershill. The stake is a passive investment and does not give the fund a seat on the board of Winton Capital.
On July 13, 2009, Winton Capital announced a new fund in Japan available to retail investors through a Tokyo-based brokerage, Mistsubishi UFJ Securities Co. 
On February 28, 2014, Tony Fenner-Leitão, chief executive of Winton Capital, resigned and the firm’s founder and executive chairman, David Harding will assume the chief executive role. Fenner-Leitão joined Winton Capital in 2008, and became deputy to Anthony Daniell, the company’s vice chairman, in 2012. Fenner-Leitão became chief executive of the company in January 2013. 
On March 2, 2014, Winton Capital announced its plans to opening offices in New York, Tokyo, and Sydney by the end of 2014. And the offices will be staffed by sales people and researchers. It also plans to hire up to 100 employees in 2014. David Harding announced it hopes to make further hires in 2015. Currently, Winton Capital has offices across United Kingdom, Switzerland and Hong Kong. 
== Products and Services ==
Winton Capital offers Winton Global Alpha fund. Winton Capital’s research is designed around advanced statistical techniques that cover various market specific information and seeks to identify trending in the markets. Winton Global Alpha Fund invests in futures, forwards, and cash, or cash equivalents. 
Winton Capital also offers flagship $10 billion Winton Futures Fund.
== Key People ==
*David Harding, Founder and Chairman, and CEO
*Anthony Daniell, Vice Chairman
*Matthew Beddall, Chief Investment Officer
*Raj Patel, Chief Operations Officer
== References ==
Wire fraud

Wire fraud is a federal crime in the United States that involves using electronic communications to perpetrate a scheme intended to defraud victims of money or property. This offense is prosecuted under Title 18, Section 1343 of the United States Code.
== Definition and Elements ==
To establish wire fraud, prosecutors must prove four key elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
# The defendant engaged in a scheme to defraud
# The scheme involved material misstatements or omissions
# The defendant used interstate or international wire communications to further the scheme
# The defendant intentionally participated in or devised the scheme
Wire fraud can occur through various forms of electronic communication, including telephone calls, faxes, emails, text messages, and social media.
== Penalties ==
Wire fraud is classified as a felony and carries severe penalties:
* Up to 20 years in prison
* Fines of up to $250,000 for individuals or $500,000 for organizations
* A 5-year statute of limitations, extended to 10 years if the fraud targets a financial institution
In cases involving special circumstances, such as a presidentially declared state of emergency or targeting a financial institution, penalties can increase to up to 30 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million.
== Common Schemes ==
Wire fraud encompasses a wide range of deceptive practices, including:
# Business email compromise: Fraudsters impersonate company executives to trick employees into transferring funds.
# Real estate wire fraud: Criminals intercept communications related to property transactions and divert funds to fraudulent accounts.
# Nigerian prince scams: A classic example where scammers claim to be foreign royalty needing assistance to access large sums of money.
== Prevention and Enforcement ==
To combat wire fraud, various measures have been implemented:
* Enhanced cybersecurity protocols and employee education programs
* Strengthened authentication methods for financial transactions
* Regulatory frameworks such as the Bank Secrecy Act and USA PATRIOT Act
* International cooperation through organizations like INTERPOL and Europol
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) plays a crucial role in investigating wire fraud cases, often in collaboration with other federal agencies.
Wire fraud remains a significant concern in the digital age, with the number of charges expected to reach record levels in 2023. As technology evolves, so do the methods employed by fraudsters, necessitating ongoing vigilance and adaptation of prevention strategies.
== References ==
Category:Types of Fraud
Category:Scams
Wisdom Tree

WisdomTree Asset Management is an investment management firm specializing in exchange traded funds (ETFs). It is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol WETF. The company oversees approximately $60 billion worth of assets for customers.
== Cryptocurrency ==
In November 2019, WisdomTree Asset Management announced a new exchange traded product (ETP) that tracks the price of bitcoin, allowing investors to get exposure to bitcoin without directly holding any digital assets. Jason Guthrie, WisdomTree Europe’s head of capital markets, said that customer bitcoins would be held in cold storage, and would be traded on Switzerland's SIX stock exchange. 
In January 2020, WisdomTree led a $17.6 million Series A funding round for Securrency, a security token compliance startup. Securrency mainly offers compliance tools for banks and financial service firms that automate regulatory enforcement. 
Later that month a report from Financial News London said that WisdomTree was planning on launching a regulated stablecoin in the U.S. According to the report, the stablecoin would have its value tied to a basket of assets, including gold, fiat currencies, or government debt.
== Key People ==
*Jonathan Steinberg - CEO 
*Jeremy Siegel - Senior Advisor 
*Jeremy Schwartz - Director of Research
== References ==
Category:ETFs
Category:Asset Managers
Category:Cryptocurrencies
Category:CryptoMarketsWiki