NIBA’s 3rd Annual Event in southern California was held in Newport Beach, CA February 19, 2015 at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel. Over 50 industry professionals attended — about 45% registered as CTAs, 45% as IBs and the remainder as FCMs or service providers. Twenty individuals were attending their first-ever NIBA event! Blu Putnam, Chief Economist for the CME Group presented one of two business sessions. He spoke about the economic outlook for the remainder of 2015, covering the topics of International GDP growth in China, Japan and the Euro-zone; The likelihood the Fed will raise rates in 2015; Emerging…