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TNS Global Expansion Now Includes Madrid and Johannesburg; Jeff Mezger Interviewed at FIA EXPO 2022
Transaction Network Services, also known as TNS, is a global infrastructure provider that has spent the past five years building out its managed hosting, low latency infrastructure and expanding it globally, according to Jeff Mezger, TNS’s vice president of product management. Mezger spoke to John Lothian News at the November FIA EXPO in Chicago.
MWE SHORT: David Krein – Career Planning in Today’s Financial Industry
"Ultimately your career objectives fit in with your life objectives. You may not yet know what those are, but time moves extremely quickly and, before long, you will be looking to make certain changes with respect to your life. Those decisions will impact your...
Catching up with Baton Systems at FIA EXPO 2022; President Jerome Kemp Talks Customer Growth
JLN interviewed Jerome Kemp, president of Baton Systems, at FIA EXPO 2022. JLN asked Kemp what Baton has been up to since we interviewed him last March at the FIA Boca conference.
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ALL OPTIONS CEO ALLARD JAKOBS TALKS ABOUT RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL TRADING FIRM, WHAT HE LOOKS FOR FROM NEW TRADERS, AND MORE IN THIS FULL INTERVIEW WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this Options Discovery interview, Allard Jakobs, the CEO of All Options, sits down with JLN’s Alex Teng.
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The JLN Newsletter turned into a daily podcast.
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Financial Stability Board
The Financial Stability Board called for urgent action to deal with failures of non-bank financial groups such as clearing houses and insurers with operations across international borders.
The High Price of Bad Business: Corporate America’s Biggest Settlements
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The OCC says be wary of crypto - the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that is, not The Options Clearing Corporation. The SEC says public companies should disclose their crypto exposure, assuming they...
Wall Street’s Booming ETF Market Is On Brink of Record Launches
Observations & Insight Trabue Bland, SVP, Futures Markets at ICE, has written a paper titled "Why financial participants matter to the commodity markets." The chapter topics of the paper include "How derivatives work" and "Participation in the derivatives...
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TNS Global Expansion Now Includes Madrid and Johannesburg; Jeff Mezger Interviewed at FIA EXPO 2022
Transaction Network Services, also known as TNS, is a global infrastructure provider that has spent the past five years building out its managed hosting, low latency infrastructure and expanding it globally, according to Jeff Mezger, TNS’s vice president of product management. Mezger spoke to John Lothian News at the November FIA EXPO in Chicago.
MWE SHORT: David Krein – Career Planning in Today’s Financial Industry
"Ultimately your career objectives fit in with your life objectives. You may not yet know what those are, but time moves extremely quickly and, before long, you will be looking to make certain changes with respect to your life. Those decisions will impact your...
Catching up with Baton Systems at FIA EXPO 2022; President Jerome Kemp Talks Customer Growth
JLN interviewed Jerome Kemp, president of Baton Systems, at FIA EXPO 2022. JLN asked Kemp what Baton has been up to since we interviewed him last March at the FIA Boca conference.
MWE SHORT: Charlotte Crosswell – Startups Aren’t Just Found in Garages
“When people are sitting there talking about you and criticizing you or doing something against you, that means they’re taking notice.”
MWE SHORT: Clive Furness – Commodities’ Oddities
“Commodities are now so much part of the infrastructure of the marketplace and the asset classes that buy side investors get involved with…that they are going to continue to look for those opportunities.”
MWE SHORT: Chris Ferreri – Market Structure, Regulations and Tying it All Together
“I want you to think differently, all the time, when thinking about things, and look for parallels, because parallels help you understand things. We often speak in stories because people understand stories.”
MWE SHORT: Boris Ilyevsky – Growing Up with Options
“Your first impressions matter quite a bit, and perception is reality.”
MWE SHORT: Julie Armstrong – It’s All About the Reach
“You don’t have to [meet] every credential and be an ‘A’ on all of it to get to that next role. You just have to believe you can do it, and you need to make others believe you can do it.”
MWE SHORT: Richard Rosenblatt – Choose an Industry with a Future
“When your crystal ball gets foggy, your two greatest assets will be your humility and your flexibility.”
MWE SHORT: Chip Dempsey – Breaking Down Cryptocurrencies
“Personally, I see it as our industry undergoing a new technological reformation, and I think it’s as significant as moving from the trading pits to matching engines.”
Abaxx’s Joe Raia Talks FCM Model Benefits, FTX and the Need for Physically Delivered Contracts
Before the FTX implosion, FTX had created quite a regulatory stir in the futures industry with a proposal before the CFTC for a clearing model that eliminated the need for FCMs. Abaxx Exchange Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia has been outspoken in his support for FCMs. John Lothian News caught up with Raia at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to discuss his views.
MWE SHORT: JB Mackenzie – Building a Foundation
“Ask yourself if you’d be interested in an operations or compliance job. Because that gives you a foundation to help you excel.”
MWE SHORT: Jay Feuerstein – Breaking Down Managed Futures
“It’s a strategy that makes money over time, but actually makes a lot of money when the world blows up.”
Catching Up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at FIA EXPO 2022
John Lothian News caught up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago about recent announcements from TT and updates on its progress under its new owners.
Nick Baker’s Big, Interesting and Weird Stories at CoinDesk Turn Consequential With FTX Scoops and CoinDesk’s Comprehensive Coverage
NIck Baker is the deputy editor-in-chief of CoinDesk, which has about 100 people in its content operation, of which about 50 are journalists. Most work remotely from home, though CoinDesk does have a New York office. Like cryptocurrency, CoinDesk is decentralized, Baker said.
Nick Baker’s Journalistic Bloodlines Took Him From Dow Jones to Bloomberg to CoinDesk
Nick Baker had journalism in his blood from the start. His grandfather was a journalist and an influential person in his life. When his grandfather died during Baker’s high school years, he made the split-second decision to follow a career path to journalism.
MWE SHORT: Charlotte Crosswell – Startups Aren’t Just Found in Garages
“When people are sitting there talking about you and criticizing you or doing something against you, that means they’re taking notice.”
MWE SHORT: Clive Furness – Commodities’ Oddities
“Commodities are now so much part of the infrastructure of the marketplace and the asset classes that buy side investors get involved with…that they are going to continue to look for those opportunities.”
MWE SHORT: Chris Ferreri – Market Structure, Regulations and Tying it All Together
“I want you to think differently, all the time, when thinking about things, and look for parallels, because parallels help you understand things. We often speak in stories because people understand stories.”
MWE SHORT: Boris Ilyevsky – Growing Up with Options
“Your first impressions matter quite a bit, and perception is reality.”
MWE SHORT: Julie Armstrong – It’s All About the Reach
“You don’t have to [meet] every credential and be an ‘A’ on all of it to get to that next role. You just have to believe you can do it, and you need to make others believe you can do it.”
MWE SHORT: Richard Rosenblatt – Choose an Industry with a Future
“When your crystal ball gets foggy, your two greatest assets will be your humility and your flexibility.”
MWE SHORT: Chip Dempsey – Breaking Down Cryptocurrencies
“Personally, I see it as our industry undergoing a new technological reformation, and I think it’s as significant as moving from the trading pits to matching engines.”
Abaxx’s Joe Raia Talks FCM Model Benefits, FTX and the Need for Physically Delivered Contracts
Before the FTX implosion, FTX had created quite a regulatory stir in the futures industry with a proposal before the CFTC for a clearing model that eliminated the need for FCMs. Abaxx Exchange Chief Commercial Officer Joe Raia has been outspoken in his support for FCMs. John Lothian News caught up with Raia at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to discuss his views.
MWE SHORT: JB Mackenzie – Building a Foundation
“Ask yourself if you’d be interested in an operations or compliance job. Because that gives you a foundation to help you excel.”
MWE SHORT: Jay Feuerstein – Breaking Down Managed Futures
“It’s a strategy that makes money over time, but actually makes a lot of money when the world blows up.”
Catching Up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at FIA EXPO 2022
John Lothian News caught up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago about recent announcements from TT and updates on its progress under its new owners.
Nick Baker’s Big, Interesting and Weird Stories at CoinDesk Turn Consequential With FTX Scoops and CoinDesk’s Comprehensive Coverage
NIck Baker is the deputy editor-in-chief of CoinDesk, which has about 100 people in its content operation, of which about 50 are journalists. Most work remotely from home, though CoinDesk does have a New York office. Like cryptocurrency, CoinDesk is decentralized, Baker said.
Nick Baker’s Journalistic Bloodlines Took Him From Dow Jones to Bloomberg to CoinDesk
Nick Baker had journalism in his blood from the start. His grandfather was a journalist and an influential person in his life. When his grandfather died during Baker’s high school years, he made the split-second decision to follow a career path to journalism.
Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX, Leads with a Familiar Model
John Palmer is the head of Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX. JLN caught up with Palmer at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to ask him about Cboe Digital and the general state of the crypto markets and industry, which were rocked by the implosion of FTX and related companies.
ALL OPTIONS CEO ALLARD JAKOBS TALKS ABOUT RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL TRADING FIRM, WHAT HE LOOKS FOR FROM NEW TRADERS, AND MORE IN THIS FULL INTERVIEW WITH JLN’S ALEX TENG
In this Options Discovery interview, Allard Jakobs, the CEO of All Options, sits down with JLN’s Alex Teng.
The Contango Hedge is Getting Ready to Go
JLN interviewed Contango CEO Clive Furness at FIA EXPO 2022 about the innovative new way to hedge commodities that he recently released in a white paper, to which he gave the moniker “The Contango Hedge.”
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