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Kimberly Kolb

Kimberly Kolb is the chief human resources officer at Sphera. She joined the company in that role in August 2021. 
She was previously the head of human resources at XR Trading. 
== Background ==
Earlier, Kolb was managing partner at Sapphire Partners, a privately held executive coaching and consulting firm. Before that, she was head of marketing at the US Futures Exchange (USFE), a job which she left on Feb. 8, 2007. She had joined the Chicago-based organization formerly known as Eurex US in 2006.
Kolb served as director of marketing and business planning for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from 2001-2004.
== Education ==
Kolb graduated in 1988 with a BS in Industrial Psychology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and worked in management consulting from 1988-2001, including time at Andersen Consulting, Whittman-Hart and MarchFirst.
== References ==	
Category:XR Trading
Category:USFE - Former Employees
Category:Former CME Staff
Category:Eurex US - Former Employees
Kimberly McGarry

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Kimberly McGarry was senior vice president and chief financial officer at OCC from November 2014 to December 2016.. She joined OCC after serving as senior vice president and chief accounting officer at First Midwest Bank. In her role, McGarry oversaw all Corporate Finance functions, including financial planning and analysis, capital management, liquidity planning, accounting operations, and strategic sourcing in addition to OCC's facilities management and vendor management programs.
== Background ==
In her role at First Midwest Bank, McGarry restructured and led the finance and accounting team and was responsible for internal and external financial reporting including preparation of quarterly and annual earnings releases and reports to the SEC and Federal Reserve Bank. Before that role, McGarry spent 14 years in public accounting as a senior manager in the assurance services practice of Ernst & Young LLP and a manager in the audit and business advisory services practice of Andersen LLP. She also has extensive experience in technical accounting matters and internal control programs.
McGarry is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and belongs to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is also a member of the Chicago Finance Exchange and has had extensive experience in technical accounting and internal control programs.
== Education ==
McGarry received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Miami of Ohio and an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Chicago.
== References ==
Kinetic Derivatives Ltd.

Kinetic Derivatives Ltd. is a a privately held trading firm that specializes in derivatives. 
== History ==
In March of 2010, it was announced that Kinetic Derivatives Ltd. had selected Orc Software to support its newly established trading operations. It was anticipated that Kinetic Derivatives would implement the Orc solution to be used primarily for flow/proprietary trading of fixed income derivatives on Eurex and NYSE Euronext Liffe. 
 
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
== References ==
Category:Derivatives
Kingdom Trust

Kingdom Trust is a qualified custodian of traditional, alternative and digital assets that is regulated by the South Dakota Division of Banking. At the end of May 2020, it reported that it had $13 billion of investor assets in custody. Kingdom Services is a sister company that operates Kingdom Trust from offices in Murray, Kentucky. 
In May 2020, Kingdom Trust introduced a new platform Choice, which lets individual investors hold cryptocurrencies in custody along with other assets in the same account. 
The new service was enabled by Kingdom Trust's first digital access-industry acquisition, Choice Holdings, which was developed by CoinShares veterans, including current Kingdom Trust CEO Radloff. The transaction, which was kept quiet until the rollout of the Choice platform, closed in the first quarter of 2020.
== References ==
Category: Cryptocurrency
Category: CryptoMarketsWiki
Kira McCaffrey Brecht

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Kira McCaffrey Brecht is a journalist, editor and market analyst. She is the founder of Kira Brecht Communications.
She was previously the managing editor for Trader Planet. She was appointed to the position in July, 2012, after serving as the managing editor of SFO Magazine for 10 years. At Trader Planet, Brecht directed the firm's trading education, market commentary and analysis content arms.
== Background ==
Brecht has worked as a market analyst, financial markets reporter and editor for 20 years. She started as a market analyst at Bridge News before moving onto being a technical analyst at MMS International and eventually became Chicago bureau chief at Futures World News. Following that, Brecht took a job as managing editor of SFO Magazine, where she helped build the company into a respected trading publication. Brecht has passed Level I and II CMT exams from the Market Technicians Association.
As managing editor of SFO she also wrote a monthly column on technical analysis as well as a variety of feature articles.
== References ==	
Category:TraderPlanet
Category:Market Educators
Category:Journalists
Category:Trader Planet -Former Employees
Category:SFO Magazine - Former Employees
Category:Bridge News - Former Employees
Category:Futures World News - Former Employees
Kiran Russell

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Kiran Russell holds a senior sales position within the Corporate & Institutional Treasury Sales division at Investec. He was appointed in September 2011 and works primarily on the FX asset class.
== Background ==
Russell was formerly FX Vice President at Barclays Capital Inc. He was with the company for 10 years, most recently working in sales.
== Education ==
*University of Cape Town
*Trinity College School, Canada
*Michaelhouse
== References ==
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Kirk P. Smith

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Kirk P. Smith is the director of market regulation for OneChicago, a Chicago-based securities futures exchange.
== Background ==
Smith began his futures industry career in 1983 at Lind-Waldock & Company. He was named director of trading operations at Lind-Waldock in 1987, assuming direct responsibility for the firm’s trading center. He also led the company’s customer service oversight committee and was actively involved in launching the firm’s electronic trading business.
In 1999, Smith founded a independent consulting business serving the financial industry, which he ran until joining OneChicago in November 2002.
== Education ==
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:OneChicago Executives
Category:OneChicago
Category:Lind-Waldock Former
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is a law firm that has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and abroad in Hong Kong, London and Munich. It is one of the biggest law firms in the U.S., with $1.4 billion in revenue.
In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Kirkland & Ellis in the top tier of U.S. law firms in the mergers-and-acquisitions law category. 
== History ==
BP retained Kirkland & Ellis to represent the company in litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
== Products and Services ==
Practice areas include:
*Litigation
*Corporate and Tax Law
*Intellectual Property
*Restructuring
== Key People ==
== References ==
Category:Lawyers
Category:Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kirsten Wegner

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Kirsten Wegner is the chief executive officer of The Index Industry Association (IIA), which serves as the global voice of independent index providers. She was appointed to that role in January 2025, succeeding Rick Redding, who retired after thirteen years as CEO since the association's founding. In this role, Wegner will work with the IIA’s 17 member firms and its board of directors to set high level strategic direction, lead public policy and communications initiatives, serve as an index industry spokesperson, and represent the IIA in front of policy makers, regulators, investors and other key industry stakeholders.
== Background ==
She was previously the CEO of Modern Markets Initiative, an education and advocacy organization devoted to the role of technological innovation in markets. She was promoted to that position in August of 2017 after having been senior vice president of business development at the initiative. Before joining MMI, she served as director, government relations for the International Securities Exchange, where she created bipartisan outreach and advocacy strategy on financial services and tax matters. 
Earlier she was a senior associate at Squire Patton Boggs LLP, providing strategic counsel to technology startups, stock exchanges, trade organizations, and brokerages.
== Education ==
Wegner holds a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. degree from Columbia University.
== References ==
Kirstin Wells

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Kirstin Wells is first vice president, regulatory policy at the OCC. She was promoted to that newly created role in September 2017 after having been vice president, enterprise risk management, at the company.
She is responsible for analyzing regulatory and policy initiatives and working with OCC management to formulate OCC’s policy positions. Additionally, Wells will establish a function whose purpose will be to monitor, evaluate and communicate internally and externally the impact of regulatory changes on OCC and the industry. She reports to Julie Bauer, senior vice president, government relations.
== Background ==
== Education ==
== References ==
Kishore Bopardikar

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Kishore Bopardikar is co-founder and co-CEO (along with Charles Marston) at Calypso Technology. 
== Background ==
Bopardikar co-founded Calypso in 1997. Before that he worked at Infinity Financial Technology, where his roles included chief technology officer and director of software engineering. He previously worked at Daisy Systems developing software tools for chip designers.
== Education ==
Bopardikar has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from University of South Florida, Tampa.
== References ==
Kjell Johan Nordgard

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Kjell Johan Nordgard is the chief research and development officer for Itiviti.
== Background ==
Nordgard joined Itiviti Group in October of 2018. Previously, he had been global head of information systems at Norges Bank Investment and before than senior vice president of SimCorp.
== Education ==
Nordgard holds a master’s degree in electronics and computer science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Copenhagen Business School. 
== References ==	
Category:SimCorp - Former Employees
Klaas Knot

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Professor Klaas H.W. Knot has been president of De Nederlandsche Bank since July 1, 2011 and has served as chair of the Financial Stability Board since December 2, 2021. He is also chairman of the FSB's Standing Committee on the Assessment of Vulnerabilities. He is a member of the Governing Council and the General Council of the European Central Bank, Governor of the International Monetary Fund, Governor of the Bank for International Settlements and also a member of its board of directors, and member of the European Systemic Risk Board.
== Background ==
In addition to his banking roles, since 2005 he has been honorary Professor of Economics of Central Banking at the University of Groningen and since 2015 he has also been honorary Professor of Monetary Stability at the University of Amsterdam. He has published several articles in leading international journals in monetary and financial economics.
He is also chairman of the supervisory boards of the Teylers Museum and the CliniClowns Foundation.
Before becoming DNB’s president, Knot was deputy treasurer-general and director of financial markets at the Dutch Ministry of Finance from 2009-2011. Between 1995 and 2009 he held several positions at DNB, the Pension and Insurance Authority (2003-2004) and the International Monetary Fund (1998-1999).
== Education ==
He graduated with honors in economics from the University of Groningen in 1991. In 1995, he obtained his PhD in economics.
== References ==
Kliring Penjaminan Efek Indonesia

Kliring Penjaminan Efek Indonesia is a Primary Member of CCP Global, the global association of Central Counterparties (CCP), which represents 42 members who operate more than 60 individual CCPs across EMEA, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region. 
== History ==
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
== References ==
Category:CCP Global Primary Members
Knight-Ridder

Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper, wire service and Internet publishing. It was formed by a merger of companies started by Herman Ridder and Charles Landon Knight.
The company was bought by The McClatchy Company in 2006.
==Commodity News==
Commodities News Service ("CNS") was a wire service focused on commodities markets begun by Ridder in 1961. It later became part of Knight-Ridder when Knight and Ridder merged in 1974.
CNS and United Press International (UPI) form Unicom newswire in 1976, which they bought out UPI's 50% in 1983.
In 1982, Knight Ridder bought Commodity Perspective and in 1982 they bought TradeCenter and Commodity Research Bureau, ("CRB").
In 1984, CNS changed its name to Knight Ridder Financial News, or KRFN. In 1996, Knight Ridder sold Knight Ridder Financial to Global Financial, whose products included Bridge Information Systems and Market Vision.
Notable alumni of CNS include Will Acworth, Ceci Rodgers, Suzanne Cosgrove, Cynthia Owens, Tom Jordan, Ros Krasny, Bob Bogda, Martin Gawne and John Lothian.
== References ==
Category:Media Companies
Category:Knight Ridder
Knight Link

Knight Link is a dark, electronic access point into Knight Capital Group’s off-exchange liquidity.
Knight offers order execution in more than 7,300 listed and NASDAQ securities, and Knight Link offers clients liquidity in a wide breadth of stocks with a focus on difficult-to-trade names; more than 50 percent of executed volume on Knight Link is made up of micro-cap and small-cap securities.
Knight introduced Knight Link to a handful of institutions with European operations in January 2009, and Knight Capital Europe Limited commenced business as a retail service provider in the U.K. in June 2009. 
Knight Link is authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Service Authority as a Systematic Internalizer, in accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. Knight Link helps clients to achieve MiFID-mandated best execution requirements through a combination of high-quality stock execution and low transaction costs.
== References ==
Category:Dark Pools
Category:European Dark pool
Category:KCG
Koch Industries

Koch Industries is an American multinational corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. The company is one of the largest privately held companies in the world, with annual revenues of over $110 billion in 2020. Koch Industries operates in a range of industries, including oil and gas, chemicals, agriculture, and finance.
== History ==
Koch Industries was founded in 1940 by Fred C. Koch, an American chemical engineer. The company initially focused on refining crude oil into gasoline and other products. In the 1950s, Koch Industries expanded into other areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production.
In the 1960s, Koch Industries began to diversify its business interests, acquiring companies in a range of industries, including chemicals, agriculture, and finance. By the 1970s, Koch Industries had become one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
Under the leadership of Charles Koch, who became CEO of the company in 1967, Koch Industries continued to expand its operations, acquiring new businesses and investing in research and development. Today, Koch Industries is one of the largest and most diverse companies in the world, with operations in over 70 countries.
== Products and Services ==
Koch Industries operates in a range of industries, including:
Oil and Gas: Koch Industries is one of the largest refiners of crude oil in the United States, with a refining capacity of over 3 million barrels per day. The company also operates pipelines, storage facilities, and terminals.
Chemicals: Koch Industries produces a wide range of chemicals, including petrochemicals, polymers, and fibers. The company's products are used in a variety of industries, including automotive, electronics, and construction.
Agriculture: Koch Industries operates one of the largest agricultural businesses in the United States, with operations in farming, ranching, and food processing. The company produces a range of products, including fertilizer, animal feed, and food ingredients.
Finance: Koch Industries operates a range of financial businesses, including trading, risk management, and asset management.
==Philanthropy and Political Activity ==
Koch Industries is known for its philanthropy and political activity. The company has donated millions of dollars to a range of causes, including education, the arts, and healthcare. Koch Industries has also been a significant donor to political campaigns and organizations, particularly those that advocate for free-market policies and limited government.
== Controversies ==
Koch Industries has been involved in a number of controversies over the years. The company has been criticized for its environmental record, with some accusing it of polluting the air and water in communities where it operates. Koch Industries has also been accused of anti-union activities and violating labor laws. The company has denied these allegations.
== Key People ==
*Charles Koch
== References ==
Koji Nagai

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Koji Nagai has been group chief executive officer of Nomura Holdings, Inc. since August 2012. He also serves as representative executive officer and president of Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., Investment Arm. 
== Background ==
Nagai joined ASICS Corporation (formerly, Jelenk Corporation) in August 1972. He served as overseas administrative general manager, first overseas business division at ASICS beginning in January 1986. He became general manager of legal affairs division at ASICS Corporation in April 1993. 
*Nagai served as the president and a representative director of Kita Kyushu ASICS Kogyo K.K. since January 1996. 
*He served as senior managing director of ASICS Apparel Industry Corporation from October 1998 to June 2002. 
*As an auditor at ASICS Trading Co., Ltd. since June 2002.
*Has been a standing corporate auditor at ASICS Trading Co., Ltd. since June 2004. 
*Served as co-chief operating officer and deputy president of Nomura Securities Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. since April 2011 and served as its executive vice president. He served as senior managing director of investment banking division of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. 
*In August 2012, he was appointed the group CEO of Nomura Holdings, Inc.
*He served as senior managing director of Nomura Holdings, Inc. starting in April 2013.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Nomura Group
Korea Futures Association

The Korea Futures Association (KOFA), established in December of 1996, is a self-regulatory organization aimed at protection of public investors.
== History ==
The KOFA has played an important role in the development of the Korean futures industry by providing a wide variety of services such as system improvement, education and training, research and planning, and public relations and publication.
It was 12 members of KOFA that founded the Korean Futures Exchange (KOFEX).
The Korea-America Finance Association has held an annual conference with the Korea Finance Association, Korea Securities Association, Korean Financial Management Association and Korea Futures Association.
== Products and Services ==
== Membership ==
*NH Investment & Futures Co.
*Tong Yang Futures Trading Co.
*PB Futures Co. Ltd. 
*Samsung Futures Inc. 
*Eugene Investment & Futures Co., Ltd. 
*KEB Futures Co. Ltd. 
*WOORI Futures Co, Ltd. 
*J.P. Morgan Futures Korea, Ltd 
*KB Futures Co, Ltd. 
*KR Futures Inc. 
*Hanmag Futures Corporation 
*Hyundai Futures Corp. 
== Key People ==
*Chairman, Jong-Nam Lee
== References ==
Category:Self Regulatory Organizations
Category:Regulators
Korea New Exchange

The Korea New Exchange ("Konex") is the Korea Exchange's third stock exchange, which it plans to launch on July 1, 2013. It is targeted toward small firms and startups that are too small to qualify for the Kosdaq or the Kospi.
The new exchange will allow easier funding for these small firms or startups, 99% of which rely on bank loans rather than public offering of stocks, according to Choi Hong-sik, KRX vice chairman. It will start with 20 to 30 listed companies. 
== History ==
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
== References ==
Category:Korea Exchange
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Kosdaq Market

The Kosdaq Market is a stock-trading division of the Korea Exchange.
== History ==
Following the “KOSDAQ Market Reorganization and Promotion Plan” announced by the government in November of 1997, regulations for the operation of the Korea Securities Dealers Association intermediary market were revised and the Korea Securities Depository was designated as the settlement organization for the KOSDAQ Market.
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
== References ==
Kottke Associates

Kottke Associates LLC is a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and futures brokerage firm founded in 1988 by Neal Kottke that was acquired by HTG Capital Partners in 2016.
The firm was based in Chicago, Illinois. The firm specialized in managed futures programs and proprietary trading, while also providing services to professional traders in both Chicago and New York. 
== History ==
Kottke Associates began as a proprietary trading firm and expanded to offer managed futures programs. It offered a complete trading infrastructure that includes more than 100 experienced floor traders in Chicago and New York along with a team of research professionals. 
In 2016, Kottke was acquired by HTG Capital Partners, later renamed Hehmeyer Trading + Investments. Hehmeyer bought the introducing broker, money management and proprietary trading businesses of Kottke Associates.
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
*Neal Kottke, President and Founder
*Ron Seliga. Managing Partner 
*J. Michael Crouch, Managing Partner 
*Jonathan Markowitz, Managing Partner 
*Peter Keenan, Director of Managed Investments
== References ==
Krag "Buzz" Gregory

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Krag "Buzz" Gregory, Ph.D., is an equity derivatives strategist at Goldman Sachs. 
He joined Goldman Sachs as part of the Equity Derivatives Strategy team in 2000, where he specialized in volatility and hedging strategies. 
== Background ==
== Education ==
Dr. Gregory received a Masters in mathematical finance from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Virginia with a research focus in time series analysis.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Goldman Sachs
Kris Carlson

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Kris Carlson is the global head of agriculture for Thomson Reuters. 
== Background ==
Previous to his current position at Thomson Reuters, Carlson was vice president of major account management for the firm from 2004 to 2009. 
He also served as a sales director for the commodities and energy division for Reuters Americas Inc. from 2002 to 2003. He was also a sales manager for Reuters from 2000 to 2002 and an account manager from 1998 to 2000.
He was an account manager for Dow Jones Markets, Inc. from 1997 to 1998. Prior to that he was an account manager with Bridge Information Services from 1996 to 1997. Also, we was a sales support executive with Knight-Ridder Financial, Inc. from 1994 to 1996. He was also an account manager with Knight Ridder from 1994 to 1995 and an inside sales representative with CRB, Knight Ridder Financial Publishing, Inc. from 1993 to 1994.
== Education ==
Carlson holds a bachelor of Arts in communications from DePauw University. 
== References ==	
Category:Thomson Reuters
Category:Knight Ridder - Former Employees
Category:Knight Ridder
Category:Dow Jones - Former Employees
Category:Dow Jones
Category:Bridge News - Former Employees
Category:Bridge News