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Lead Stories
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
MarketsWiki
Page of the day
Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan, the country’s central bank, now owns more than three-quarters of the country’s exchange-traded funds, the result of a program begun in 2010 whose goal was to lower Japan’s equity-risk premium. But Japan’s premium remains at 6.94%, above the U.S.’s 5.96%.
CryptoMarketsWiki
Page of the day
Craig Wright
The controversial Craig Wright registered the copyright for the Sataoshi Nakomoto bitcoin white paper as its author in what CoinDesk calls a “copyright process that allows anyone to register anything . . .” Most recently, Wright has advocated for the SV version of the Bitcoin Cash fork.
Lead Stories
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...
FIA Law & Compliance Conference Kicks Off
The 41st annual derivatives industry regulatory confabulation was called to order on Wednesday afternoon in Washington, DC, by Law & Compliance Division President Tammy Botsford. Botsford’s daytime job is executive director and...
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...
FIA Law & Compliance Conference Kicks Off
The 41st annual derivatives industry regulatory confabulation was called to order on Wednesday afternoon in Washington, DC, by Law & Compliance Division President Tammy Botsford. Botsford’s daytime job is executive director and...
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...
FIA Law & Compliance Conference Kicks Off
The 41st annual derivatives industry regulatory confabulation was called to order on Wednesday afternoon in Washington, DC, by Law & Compliance Division President Tammy Botsford. Botsford’s daytime job is executive director and...
Bcause in Talks With Bitmain, Others To Climb Out of Debt
Bcause, the cryptocurrency mining company whose name is most likely to be autocorrected by one’s phone, is attempting to fight its way out of bankruptcy. Its battle plan? Raise some capital and start new businesses. The company’s bankruptcy...
RCG Weathers Record Cold, Becoming RCG Division of Marex Spectron
Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG), the well known Chicago FCM, was recently acquired by London-based Marex Spectron. After a transition that took place over one freezing Chicago weekend, it has been fully integrated into the company and is now...
Industry Leaders Series
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...
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...
