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Stock Exchanges Accuse Government of Ethics Lapse in Market-Data Fight
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Options on Futures RFQ Trading; Exchanges Accuse Government of Ethics Lapse in Data Fight
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Tech-X Lights Up Former Chicago Trading Floor with Awards to Sandner and Dawani
Illinois Tech's (IIT) biennial Tech-X awards dinner last night honored a well-known industry pioneer and icon, former CME Chairman Jack Sandner, and a relative newcomer, Hazem Dawani, chief executive officer of Predata, a predictive...
Bcause: “Not There Yet”
The hearing on WESCO’s motion to lift Bcause’s bankruptcy protection and/or to remove the bankruptcy court’s stay on a lower court’s order to pay WESCO continued on Monday, June 24. WESCO, an electrical equipment supplier, has asked the...
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Brett Redfearn
The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq on Monday accused Brett Redfearn, director, Division of Trading and Markets at the SEC, of having ethical conflicts in a dispute over the companies’ market data fees. Redfearn has overseen efforts to scrutinize whether exchange fee increases for the data are justified.
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Lead Stories
Tech-X Lights Up Former Chicago Trading Floor with Awards to Sandner and Dawani
Illinois Tech's (IIT) biennial Tech-X awards dinner last night honored a well-known industry pioneer and icon, former CME Chairman Jack Sandner, and a relative newcomer, Hazem Dawani, chief executive officer of Predata, a predictive...
Bcause: “Not There Yet”
The hearing on WESCO’s motion to lift Bcause’s bankruptcy protection and/or to remove the bankruptcy court’s stay on a lower court’s order to pay WESCO continued on Monday, June 24. WESCO, an electrical equipment supplier, has asked the...
Bcause’s Next Steps in Bankruptcy
Bcause LLC, the failed cryptocurrency trading platform and mining services provider, was back in court on Friday, June 21, on a motion by WESCO, a secured creditor, to be paid now, before the remaining cash in the enterprise is dissipated....
The Spread – Clearing the Air; Also, Fed Up
A margin methodology approval, blood in the eurodollar waters, a peek into a secret shop, and more bad jokes await viewers of this week's episode of "The Spread." The following are stories referenced in this week's episode: -SEC Filing...
Breaking Down The Merger of JPX and TOCOM
In March 2019, JPX and TOCOM signed an agreement to merge. In this video from FIA IDX, Osaka Exchange President and CEO Hiromi Yamaji talks about the benefits of an all-in-one Japanese exchange for market participants. Produced by Mike...
WILD Celebrates 10 Years of Networking, Education, and More
Women In Listed Derivatives (WILD) is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in 2019. In this video, WILD President Cathey Curley and Vice President Katie Cleland spoke with JLN about how WILD started as a networking group and how it has...
Breaking Down Eurex’s Latency Protection
In this video from FIA IDX, Eurex Executive Board Member Randolf Roth discusses Eurex’s plans for latency protection (a speed bump) in its French and German equity options markets. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
Electronic Derivatives Trading in South Africa Gears Up
A half decade’s worth of work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to update its trading technology is bearing fruit. The exchange now has its equities, equities derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives trading on LSEG Technology’s...
Copper’s Options Paradox; Yen Swaptions Signal 2016 BOJ Redux
10 EU Countries OK Financial Transaction Tax Revenue-Sharing Plan
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffSidley partner David R. Sawyier passed away on June 10 after a battle with cancer. He founded the firm's private investment funds practice in their...
The Spread – Numbers on the Board
Law Firm Investigates Harvest’s CYES Options Trading Strategy; HFTers Back Exchanges Against SEC Rebate Plan
Tech-X Lights Up Former Chicago Trading Floor with Awards to Sandner and Dawani
Illinois Tech's (IIT) biennial Tech-X awards dinner last night honored a well-known industry pioneer and icon, former CME Chairman Jack Sandner, and a relative newcomer, Hazem Dawani, chief executive officer of Predata, a predictive...
Bcause: “Not There Yet”
The hearing on WESCO’s motion to lift Bcause’s bankruptcy protection and/or to remove the bankruptcy court’s stay on a lower court’s order to pay WESCO continued on Monday, June 24. WESCO, an electrical equipment supplier, has asked the...
Bcause’s Next Steps in Bankruptcy
Bcause LLC, the failed cryptocurrency trading platform and mining services provider, was back in court on Friday, June 21, on a motion by WESCO, a secured creditor, to be paid now, before the remaining cash in the enterprise is dissipated....
The Spread – Clearing the Air; Also, Fed Up
A margin methodology approval, blood in the eurodollar waters, a peek into a secret shop, and more bad jokes await viewers of this week's episode of "The Spread." The following are stories referenced in this week's episode: -SEC Filing...
Breaking Down The Merger of JPX and TOCOM
In March 2019, JPX and TOCOM signed an agreement to merge. In this video from FIA IDX, Osaka Exchange President and CEO Hiromi Yamaji talks about the benefits of an all-in-one Japanese exchange for market participants. Produced by Mike...
WILD Celebrates 10 Years of Networking, Education, and More
Women In Listed Derivatives (WILD) is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in 2019. In this video, WILD President Cathey Curley and Vice President Katie Cleland spoke with JLN about how WILD started as a networking group and how it has...
Breaking Down Eurex’s Latency Protection
In this video from FIA IDX, Eurex Executive Board Member Randolf Roth discusses Eurex’s plans for latency protection (a speed bump) in its French and German equity options markets. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
Electronic Derivatives Trading in South Africa Gears Up
A half decade’s worth of work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to update its trading technology is bearing fruit. The exchange now has its equities, equities derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives trading on LSEG Technology’s...
Copper’s Options Paradox; Yen Swaptions Signal 2016 BOJ Redux
10 EU Countries OK Financial Transaction Tax Revenue-Sharing Plan
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffSidley partner David R. Sawyier passed away on June 10 after a battle with cancer. He founded the firm's private investment funds practice in their...
The Spread – Numbers on the Board
Law Firm Investigates Harvest’s CYES Options Trading Strategy; HFTers Back Exchanges Against SEC Rebate Plan
Bcause’s Next Steps in Bankruptcy
Bcause LLC, the failed cryptocurrency trading platform and mining services provider, was back in court on Friday, June 21, on a motion by WESCO, a secured creditor, to be paid now, before the remaining cash in the enterprise is dissipated....
The Spread – Clearing the Air; Also, Fed Up
A margin methodology approval, blood in the eurodollar waters, a peek into a secret shop, and more bad jokes await viewers of this week's episode of "The Spread." The following are stories referenced in this week's episode: -SEC Filing...
Breaking Down The Merger of JPX and TOCOM
In March 2019, JPX and TOCOM signed an agreement to merge. In this video from FIA IDX, Osaka Exchange President and CEO Hiromi Yamaji talks about the benefits of an all-in-one Japanese exchange for market participants. Produced by Mike...
WILD Celebrates 10 Years of Networking, Education, and More
Women In Listed Derivatives (WILD) is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in 2019. In this video, WILD President Cathey Curley and Vice President Katie Cleland spoke with JLN about how WILD started as a networking group and how it has...
Breaking Down Eurex’s Latency Protection
In this video from FIA IDX, Eurex Executive Board Member Randolf Roth discusses Eurex’s plans for latency protection (a speed bump) in its French and German equity options markets. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
Electronic Derivatives Trading in South Africa Gears Up
A half decade’s worth of work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to update its trading technology is bearing fruit. The exchange now has its equities, equities derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives trading on LSEG Technology’s...
Copper’s Options Paradox; Yen Swaptions Signal 2016 BOJ Redux
10 EU Countries OK Financial Transaction Tax Revenue-Sharing Plan
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffSidley partner David R. Sawyier passed away on June 10 after a battle with cancer. He founded the firm's private investment funds practice in their...
The Spread – Numbers on the Board
Law Firm Investigates Harvest’s CYES Options Trading Strategy; HFTers Back Exchanges Against SEC Rebate Plan
Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
A Look Back with Steve Staszak
Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at...
Industry Leaders Series
On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity – BOX
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, BOX CEO Ed Boyle talks about protecting liquidity providers and developing BOX’s complex order book and regulatory tools. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
European Interest, Cross Asset Growth and the Retail Base – Cboe
In this video from the 2019 Options Exchange Leader Series, Cboe Head of Options and Global Client Services Arianne Criqui talks about the exchange’s select sector index options, the listing of XSP, corporate bond futures, and more....
Addressing Concentration and Liquidity Risk – Alex Lamb, The Technancial Company
In this video, Technancial Head of Business Development Americas and Head of Marketing Alex Lamb talks about how market participants look to stay one step ahead of their clearing member. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
Taking the Chinese Connectivity Plunge – Ryan Moroney and Pat Kenny, CQG
CQG offers hosted access to some 50 exchanges worldwide and market data for dozens more. For the last year or so, CQG has worked to establish a foothold in China. In this video, CQG President Ryan Moroney and CQG SVP of Client Relations Pat...
Gender Diversity: The Need for Early Intervention – Diane Saucier, Hitachi Vantara
In order for gender diversity in financial services to really flourish, future generations of women need to have access to the resources to build the right skillset earlier than college or high school. In this video, Hitachi Vantara Senior...
New Product, New Exchange, and Equities on the Way for MIAX
MIAX has done nothing but make moves of late. The exchange group launched options on SPIKES (a volatility index based on options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust), opened the U.S. options industry’s 16th exchange (MIAX Emerald), announced...
