As a nonprofit educational foundation, our mission focuses on delivering quality educational courses on derivatives markets, whether by virtual instructor-led courses or through asynchronous eLearning.  Our courses are popular with prospective and current market users, financial industry professionals, industry vendors, as well as the exchange and regulatory staff and lawmakers.

The IFM is an independent affiliate of the Futures Industry Association (FIA) — the leading global trade organization for the futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives markets. FIA’s membership includes clearing firms, exchanges, clearinghouses, banks, trading firms and commodities specialists from more than 48 countries, as well as technology vendors, lawyers and other professionals serving the industry.