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Lukken drives futures group forward amid new regulations

The rules of basketball are far simpler than those of Wall Street's arcane systems of futures, swaps and derivatives trading, but Walt Lukken hates to lose at either one. As CEO of the $13 million-revenue Futures Industry Association since March, the Hoosier State native represents the industry he has either worked in or regulated for years. "Basketball gives you a sense of teamwork and effort. I'm a hard worker—being a Midwesterner that's ingrained in me. My wife makes fun of me all the time but I never want to fail," Lukken told CEO Update in an interview at FIA's Washington, D.C., offices at 20th and Eye Streets NW. Packed boxes still line the wall in his office, but… Read More