Recent

Remarks by Leo Melamed at the
CSRC IAC Annual Conference
Bejing, November 26, 2018

To the Heroes of Bialystok
Commemoration to the Bialystok Ghetto Uprising
Bialystok Poland - August 16, 2018

Leo Melamed, Chairman Emeritus, CME Group, Inc., bestowed the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the Emperor of Japan
November 3, 2017

Macro Financial Modeling
Bretton Woods, June 18-22, 2017

Remarks by Leo Melamed - Holocaust Remembrance Day
United States Department of State, April 20, 2017

Remarks by Leo Melamed before the International Advisory Council of China on November 28, 2016 in Beijing, China.

China Must Continue to Grow its Futures Markets
International Finance Forum Shanghai, Leo Melamed, Chairman Emeritus, CME Group, September 1, 2016

Educational

Remarks by Leo Melamed during his European Tour, November 2014
Salman Khan Winner of Melamed-Arditti Innovation Prize of CME Group Introduction by Leo Melamed November 19, 2013
Technophobia and Testosterone CME-MSRI Awards Remarks by Leo Melamed. October 21, 2013
Reprint of the Foreword written by Leo Melamed for the recently published “The CME Group Risk Management Handbook.”
Remarks by Leo Melamed at the Hebrew University Scopus Award (06/18/2007)
Reality Check by Leo Melamed - CME FX Seminar
April, 2007 - New York, NY
Remarks by Leo Melamed at the Milton Friedman commemoration held at Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago (01/29/2007)
Remarks by Leo Melamed at the Inaugural Celebration of the CME-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications awarded to Professor Stephen Ross of MIT(09/21/2006)
Remarks By Leo Melamed - CME Fred Arditti Innovation Award to Leo Melamed - Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago (04/ 20/2006)
Commencement Address - DePaul University: Knowledge Tag (06/12/2005)
Opening Comments: Futures, Derivatives and Public Policy Roundtable Program (02/25-26/1999)
Futures & Derivatives in an Emerging Economy (Argentina) ((10/15/1997)
Reputation and Competition (April 1997)
Doomed Diplomacy (11/14/1995)
Derivatives: Not a Four Letter Word (02/15/1995)
Our American Free Markets (06/17/1991)
Chicken Little Revisited (February 1988)
Call to Arms (09/30/1986)
What Joseph Wrought (Spring 1981)
The Development of Financial Futures in the United States (10/01/1980)
Sleazy Speculator (11/27/1974)

Evolution of Financial Futures

In the 21st Century - The Future of Futures (03/14/2006)
Futures Exchanges in a Changed World Order (10/26/2002)
Tomorrow's Financial Markets (03/17/2000)
Wake Up Call (11/09/1995)
Stages in the Evolution of an Exchange (09/11-14/1995)
Derivatives: Risk and Reward (Nov/Dec 1994)
In Defense of Derivatives (03/07/1994)
Pacific Rim (October 1991)
Global 24-Hour Risk Management (09/12/1991)
Futures: Then and Now ((January 1991)
Need for Risk Management (05/30/1990)
Third Milestone (1988 Annual Report)
Embracing Reality (1987 Annual Report)
Necessity (11/16/1982)
A Critique of Automation of the Transaction Process (1977)

Legislation and Regulation

Statement by Leo Melamed Pertaining to the Treasury
Department’s Blueprint on Regulatory Reform
(03/31/2008)
Testimony before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Hearing Regarding CEA Re-Authorization - United States Senate (09/23/1999)
Fixed Exchange Rate Foolishness 04/24/1986)
Futures, the Coveted Scapegoat (December 1985)
Fed Study on Futures and Options (12/21/1985)
National Futures Association (1982)
Pioneerism (08/13/1975)
H.R. 131131 and the Birth of the CFTC ((05/14/1974)

Foreign Jurisdictions

Remarks by Leo Melamed at the 2016 BOAO Forum for Asia.
March 23, 2016
Remarks by Leo Melamed at the China International Derivatives Forum, Shenzhen, China, December 4, 2015.
Remarks by Leo Melamed, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Upon receipt by Mr. Melamed of an Honorary Doctorate Degree for his work on world markets. April 1, 2015
Remarks by Leo Melamed at the Annual BOAO Forum 2015, Hainan Province, China. March 26, 2015
Remarks by Leo Melamed - On the 30th Anniversary of the SIMEX,
December 4, 2014
Remarks by Leo Melamed at the BOAO Forum for Asia Annual Hainan Conference April 8-9, 2014
Remarks by Leo Meamed at the Chinese Finance Association
19th Annual Conference, New York University
(11/03/2013)
Remarks by Leo Melamed given at the Assets Management Conference in Hangzhou, China.  July 6, 2013
The Dynamism of Innovation - Remarks by Leo Melamed presented at the Beijing Central Business District Alliance Summit Beijing, China (10/15/2011).
Remarks by Leo Melamed presented at the 20th Anniversary
of the Nikkei 225 Futures Market Symposium in Osaka
(09/02/2008)
Remarks by Leo Melamed "Derivatives, Defined, Described and Distinguished"  delivered at Peking University in Beijing, China (03/13/2008)
Derivatives Dawn in China - Mr. Melamed's keynote address at the China Derivatives Conference announcing the launch of the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) in China. (10/24/2006)
White Cats, Black Cats (09/26/2005)
Futures Markets for China (September 2004)
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (09/15-16/1999)
Futures and Derivatives in an Emerging Economy (Brazil) ((10/14/1997)
Asian-Pacific Market ((11/26/1996)
Downsizing of Risk (04/25/1995)
Derivatives and the Asian Market (12/15/1994)
Brief History of Financial Futures (05/03/1994)
Protectionism (04/08/1992)
Futures in the New World Order ((05/23/1991)
Free Markets in Moscow (11/01/1990)
Free Market Victory (11/08/1990)
Shape of Things to Come (11/10-11/1988)
Homecoming (09/02/1988)
LIFFE ((09/14-15/1982)

Historical

Introduction by Leo Melamed of Elizabeth Holmes, recipient of the 2015 CME Group Melamed-Arditti Innovation Award. November 17, 2015
Introduction by Leo Melamed of Dr. Ben Bernanke, recipient of the 2014 CME Group Melamed-Arditti Innovation Award, November 18, 2014
Remarks by Leo Melamed On the passing of Alan Abelson
May 18, 2013
Centennial Celebration, The Life & Vision of Milton Friedman
Remarks by Leo Melamed at the Friedman Foundation event in Chicago
(7/31/2012)
Remarks by Leo Melamed presented at the CME Group Center of Innovation Fred Arditti Innovation Award
(04/23/2008)
Statement by Leo Melamed at the CME-CBOT Merger Announcement (10/17/2006)
Reflections on the Twentieth Century (10/22/1998)
Birth and Development of Financial Futures (04/25/1996)
Globex ((1989)
Metamorphosis of Futures and Options (11/10/1985)
The International Monetary Market of the CME (--/--/19--)
Chicago's Future in Futures (11/07/1973)
A Futures Market in Currency (04/19/1972)

1987 Stock Market Crash

Jaws of Victory (11/13/1989)
Good Old Days (01/26/1989)
Quintessential Lessons (07/22/1988)
Excerpts from Testimony, 1987 Stock Market Crash (02/04/1988)

Peering into the Future

Chicago as a Financial Center in the Twenty First Century (June 2004)
Futures Markets for China at the Dawn of the 21st Century (09/23/2003)
Deriding Derivatives (06/12/2003)
Our Middle Name (02/15/2002)
Derivatives Exchanges in a Changed World Order (November 2001)
Buy a Call on the Snake (07/02/2001)
Futures Markets in an E-Commerce World (10/15-17/2000)
Chicago Futures in the Twenty First Century (05/15/2000)
Commencement Address - Loyola University Chicago (05/13/2000)
Futures Markets in the Digital Century (05/11-12/1999)
Derivatives Markets (10/27/1993)
Tomorrow's Technological Tidal Wave (11/07/1991)
Financial Markets in the Coming Decade (November 1990)
Responding to Globalization (1987)
Memory (11/11/1986)
The Future of Futures (10/28/1983)

Noteworthy Essays

Birth of the International Monetary Market by Leo Melamed
(02/06/2014)
Remarks by Leo Melamed on Oil Speculation and Politics
(06/25/2008)
The Rest of the Story (01/18/2005)
Remarks On the Celebration of the Chinese Translation of Escape to the Futures (05/28/2004)
There are No Jews in Bialystok (01/12/2004)
Innovation Center (06/19/2003)
Tenth Anniversary of Globex (06/21/2002)
IMM 30th Anniversary Celebration ((05/14/2002)
A Common Mission (06/15/2001)
Merton Miller Memorial Service (10/14/2000)
Lee A. Freeman Memorial Service (04/22/1995)
IMM Tenth Anniversary Celebration (06/04/1982)

Odds & Ends

Remarks by Leo Melamed upon receiving The Order of Lincoln Award,
the highest award conferred by the State of Illinois. May 7, 2016 (Video)
CME Group Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed Helps Honor the Humanitarian Acts of Chiune Sugihara in Japan 
The New York Times – Blog – DealBook---Financial Futures Pioneer Honors Japanese Consul Who Saved 6,000 Jews
The Jewish Daily Forward – Leo Melamed retraces path of escape from Nazis to Japanese port
Reuters News --- Man saved from Nazis by “Japan’s Schindler” returns on journey of homage
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Report
Introduction of Nobel Laureate Gary S. Becker at the CME Group Lecture Series of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. April 18, 2013
Introduction of Mimi Sheraton by Leo Melamed at the Food as Roots Award Celebration February 28, 2006 at YIVO, New York, NY.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Gathering
Reminiscences of a Refugee - November 1, 1996
Who Were We - presented at the 10th Anniversary of the IMM - 1972
Ode to Price Controls - 1971