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Lead Stories
Leo Melamed Looks Back and Forward in Fireside Chat
Leo Melamed, who fell in love with the trading pits back in the 1960s, says "You can't stop technology" and that anyone who tries to stop it or slow its pace will lose. He was referring, in part, to the "speed bumps" currently being...
European Interest, Cross Asset Growth and the Retail Base
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....
MarketsWiki
Page of the day
Adena Friedman
Nasdaq Inc. Chief Executive Adena Friedman testified in court Thursday in the company’s lawsuit against ETF Managers Group, a former business partner that Nasdaq alleges stole more than $1 billion in ETF management fees. ETFMG is countering that Nasdaq is trying to get out of contracts it took over in 2016 when it acquired the International Securities Exchange.
CryptoMarketsWiki
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Financial Services Agency of Japan
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is examining the country’s cryptocurrency exchanges’ compliance with anti-money laundering rules ahead of the June meeting of the G20 in Osaka.
Lead Stories
Leo Melamed Looks Back and Forward in Fireside Chat
Leo Melamed, who fell in love with the trading pits back in the 1960s, says "You can't stop technology" and that anyone who tries to stop it or slow its pace will lose. He was referring, in part, to the "speed bumps" currently being...
European Interest, Cross Asset Growth and the Retail Base
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...
The Spread – Hip Hop Greeks
POP goes the speed bump!
ICE Futures US tried to certify (that is, to fast-track) to the CFTC a change to the order execution rules in the central limit order books for its two-year old daily gold and silver futures contracts. The changes are designed to protect...
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...
How to Improve Gender Equality
Accepting the Challenge to go 50:50 I have been challenged by a senior woman in the derivatives industry to promote gender equality in my newsletter. For as much as I do to support women in the industry and in general, evidently I need to...
Collateral Management: Doing More, Spending Less – Steve Husk, CloudMargin
In Q1, Deutsche Bank announced it would be integrating CloudMargin’s technology into its collateral infrastructure. Why are big banks shifting to a cloud-native collateral system? In this video, CloudMargin CEO Steve Husk talks about what...
The Spread – Wake Up Call
“Regulatory Creep” – Legal Issues in U.S. v. Thakkar
Thursday afternoon as part of the FIA Law & Compliance Conference, Marc Nagel, attorney advisor to the derivatives training firm Exchange Analytics, moderated a panel composed of attorneys Gary DeWaal and Renato Mariotti discussing the...
Leo Melamed Looks Back and Forward in Fireside Chat
Leo Melamed, who fell in love with the trading pits back in the 1960s, says "You can't stop technology" and that anyone who tries to stop it or slow its pace will lose. He was referring, in part, to the "speed bumps" currently being...
European Interest, Cross Asset Growth and the Retail Base
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...
The Spread – Hip Hop Greeks
POP goes the speed bump!
ICE Futures US tried to certify (that is, to fast-track) to the CFTC a change to the order execution rules in the central limit order books for its two-year old daily gold and silver futures contracts. The changes are designed to protect...
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...
How to Improve Gender Equality
Accepting the Challenge to go 50:50 I have been challenged by a senior woman in the derivatives industry to promote gender equality in my newsletter. For as much as I do to support women in the industry and in general, evidently I need to...
Collateral Management: Doing More, Spending Less – Steve Husk, CloudMargin
In Q1, Deutsche Bank announced it would be integrating CloudMargin’s technology into its collateral infrastructure. Why are big banks shifting to a cloud-native collateral system? In this video, CloudMargin CEO Steve Husk talks about what...
The Spread – Wake Up Call
“Regulatory Creep” – Legal Issues in U.S. v. Thakkar
Thursday afternoon as part of the FIA Law & Compliance Conference, Marc Nagel, attorney advisor to the derivatives training firm Exchange Analytics, moderated a panel composed of attorneys Gary DeWaal and Renato Mariotti discussing the...
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...
The Spread – Hip Hop Greeks
POP goes the speed bump!
ICE Futures US tried to certify (that is, to fast-track) to the CFTC a change to the order execution rules in the central limit order books for its two-year old daily gold and silver futures contracts. The changes are designed to protect...
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...
How to Improve Gender Equality
Accepting the Challenge to go 50:50 I have been challenged by a senior woman in the derivatives industry to promote gender equality in my newsletter. For as much as I do to support women in the industry and in general, evidently I need to...
Collateral Management: Doing More, Spending Less – Steve Husk, CloudMargin
In Q1, Deutsche Bank announced it would be integrating CloudMargin’s technology into its collateral infrastructure. Why are big banks shifting to a cloud-native collateral system? In this video, CloudMargin CEO Steve Husk talks about what...
The Spread – Wake Up Call
“Regulatory Creep” – Legal Issues in U.S. v. Thakkar
Thursday afternoon as part of the FIA Law & Compliance Conference, Marc Nagel, attorney advisor to the derivatives training firm Exchange Analytics, moderated a panel composed of attorneys Gary DeWaal and Renato Mariotti discussing the...
Algos and Execution: How Do You Roll? – Thomas Ascher, Quantitative Brokers
Quantitative Brokers spent 2018 building out its global footprint. With offices globally now, the firm offers 24/7 high touch support for its low touch offering - algorithms for best execution. In this video, Quantitative Brokers Executive Chairman Thomas Ascher...
Bridging the Gap Between OTC and Exchange-Traded – Brad Levy, IHS Markit
There still exists some polarization between listed derivatives markets and OTC markets. In this video, Global Head of Loans at IHS Markit and CEO of MarkitSERV Brad Levy talks about why the gap between the two is slowly closing and the...
Industry Leaders Series
European Interest, Cross Asset Growth and the Retail Base
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...
Collateral Management: Doing More, Spending Less – Steve Husk, CloudMargin
In Q1, Deutsche Bank announced it would be integrating CloudMargin’s technology into its collateral infrastructure. Why are big banks shifting to a cloud-native collateral system? In this video, CloudMargin CEO Steve Husk talks about what...
