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Food groups’ fight over wheat manipulation re-erupts
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe CFTC Kraft/Mondelez Global announcement is not worth two bits. Claiming to win the case, without clarity of the specific actions that were manipulative,...
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Euro Traders Betting on a Break of $1.10 This Month; Traders Line Up Bets Hong Kong’s Dollar Peg Will Snap
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesEuro Traders Are Starting to Bet on a Break of $1.10 This MonthVassilis Karamanis - Bloomberg (SUBSCRIPTION)ECB stimulus, auto tariffs threat and charts back up bears; Jackson Hole...
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Don’t Short Yourself
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Small Exchange CEO Donnie Roberts provides tips on how to avoid becoming the old timer at the end of the bar who laments what could, or should, have been. ...
From Treasuries to Ameribor Futures: Doc Sandor talks about financial innovation
What's the tipping point that makes a new financial innovation successful? Dr. Richard Sandor presents a talk at the Cboe comparing the launch of Treasury Futures 42 years ago to AFX and Cboe's launch of Ameribor Futures on August 16. John...
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission extracted a $16 million penalty from Mondelez over allegations it and Kraft manipulated the US wheat futures market in 2011. However, in an unusual move, the CFTC agreed not to publicly comment about the case – an agreement Mondelez and Kraft now say it has violated.
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Craig Wright
Craig Wright's request from April to challenge the ongoing lawsuit against him by the Kleiman estate was denied on Thursday by Judge Beth Bloom of the Court of the Southern District of Florida. Bloom said this was due to a failure on Wright's part to produce...
John Lothian Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter
Food groups’ fight over wheat manipulation re-erupts
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe CFTC Kraft/Mondelez Global announcement is not worth two bits. Claiming to win the case, without clarity of the specific actions that were manipulative,...
JLN Options Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter
Euro Traders Betting on a Break of $1.10 This Month; Traders Line Up Bets Hong Kong’s Dollar Peg Will Snap
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesEuro Traders Are Starting to Bet on a Break of $1.10 This MonthVassilis Karamanis - Bloomberg (SUBSCRIPTION)ECB stimulus, auto tariffs threat and charts back up bears; Jackson Hole...
Lead Stories
Don’t Short Yourself
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Small Exchange CEO Donnie Roberts provides tips on how to avoid becoming the old timer at the end of the bar who laments what could, or should, have been. ...
From Treasuries to Ameribor Futures: Doc Sandor talks about financial innovation
What's the tipping point that makes a new financial innovation successful? Dr. Richard Sandor presents a talk at the Cboe comparing the launch of Treasury Futures 42 years ago to AFX and Cboe's launch of Ameribor Futures on August 16. John...
A Plethora of New Reference Rates
Ameribor is not the only new short-term interest rate vying for market attention. As part of the post-financial crisis reforms, global regulators are overseeing the abandonment of LIBOR, the London Interbank Offer Rate, in favor of new...
John Lothian News Special Report: The Launch of Ameribor
On Friday, August 16, The American Financial Exchange (AFX), headed by Dr. Richard Sandor, will launch the first futures on the Ameribor, an index designed to be a replacement for Libor, which had become badly tarnished by a manipulation...
From Opera to Blockchain: An Inside Look Into Diverse Crypto Careers
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Lexy Prodromos, business development manager at Bloq, talks about following your interests wherever they take you. She first studied opera when she went to...
Richard Sandor: The Man Who Wants To Transform A $9 Trillion Market On Main Street
Jim Kharouf - John Lothian NewsThe American Financial Exchange (AFX) is set to list its first Ameribor futures products - 3-month and 7-day Ameribor futures - on August 16, 2019, the 42nd anniversary of the launch of Treasury bond futures....
The Spread – LIBOR Edition
Tales From Chicago Venture Capital – Jeff Carter
Want to know more about venture capital? Want to understand what the industry has to offer? Listen to Jeff Carter, managing partner with West Loop Ventures, in this video from MarketsWiki Education's World Of Opportunity event in Chicago....
Bcause bets it all on bitcoin
On Thursday, August 8, Judge Janet Baer continued the current round of proceedings in Bcause’s ongoing federal bankruptcy case until September 4. Bcause demonstrated to the court there is hope a confirmable reorganization plan can be...
The Spread – Moving on Up
The Highest Paid Grip in Chicago and Parts Beyond
Friday I was the highest paid “grip” in Chicago as I helped drag JLN’s video and lighting equipment to the Wrigley building in Chicago on Michigan Avenue for a video shoot with American Financial Exchange CEO Richard Sandor and Wedbush...
Share Trading Obligations Get Messy – Mark Hemsley, Cboe
The best trading environments feature the best liquidity. But a no-deal Brexit could force some trading into inferior pools of liquidity. In this video, Cboe Europe President Mark Hemsley describes how share trading obligations could alter...
Don’t Short Yourself
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Small Exchange CEO Donnie Roberts provides tips on how to avoid becoming the old timer at the end of the bar who laments what could, or should, have been. ...
From Treasuries to Ameribor Futures: Doc Sandor talks about financial innovation
What's the tipping point that makes a new financial innovation successful? Dr. Richard Sandor presents a talk at the Cboe comparing the launch of Treasury Futures 42 years ago to AFX and Cboe's launch of Ameribor Futures on August 16. John...
A Plethora of New Reference Rates
Ameribor is not the only new short-term interest rate vying for market attention. As part of the post-financial crisis reforms, global regulators are overseeing the abandonment of LIBOR, the London Interbank Offer Rate, in favor of new...
John Lothian News Special Report: The Launch of Ameribor
On Friday, August 16, The American Financial Exchange (AFX), headed by Dr. Richard Sandor, will launch the first futures on the Ameribor, an index designed to be a replacement for Libor, which had become badly tarnished by a manipulation...
From Opera to Blockchain: An Inside Look Into Diverse Crypto Careers
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Lexy Prodromos, business development manager at Bloq, talks about following your interests wherever they take you. She first studied opera when she went to...
Richard Sandor: The Man Who Wants To Transform A $9 Trillion Market On Main Street
Jim Kharouf - John Lothian NewsThe American Financial Exchange (AFX) is set to list its first Ameribor futures products - 3-month and 7-day Ameribor futures - on August 16, 2019, the 42nd anniversary of the launch of Treasury bond futures....
The Spread – LIBOR Edition
Tales From Chicago Venture Capital – Jeff Carter
Want to know more about venture capital? Want to understand what the industry has to offer? Listen to Jeff Carter, managing partner with West Loop Ventures, in this video from MarketsWiki Education's World Of Opportunity event in Chicago....
Bcause bets it all on bitcoin
On Thursday, August 8, Judge Janet Baer continued the current round of proceedings in Bcause’s ongoing federal bankruptcy case until September 4. Bcause demonstrated to the court there is hope a confirmable reorganization plan can be...
The Spread – Moving on Up
The Highest Paid Grip in Chicago and Parts Beyond
Friday I was the highest paid “grip” in Chicago as I helped drag JLN’s video and lighting equipment to the Wrigley building in Chicago on Michigan Avenue for a video shoot with American Financial Exchange CEO Richard Sandor and Wedbush...
Share Trading Obligations Get Messy – Mark Hemsley, Cboe
The best trading environments feature the best liquidity. But a no-deal Brexit could force some trading into inferior pools of liquidity. In this video, Cboe Europe President Mark Hemsley describes how share trading obligations could alter...
A Plethora of New Reference Rates
Ameribor is not the only new short-term interest rate vying for market attention. As part of the post-financial crisis reforms, global regulators are overseeing the abandonment of LIBOR, the London Interbank Offer Rate, in favor of new...
John Lothian News Special Report: The Launch of Ameribor
On Friday, August 16, The American Financial Exchange (AFX), headed by Dr. Richard Sandor, will launch the first futures on the Ameribor, an index designed to be a replacement for Libor, which had become badly tarnished by a manipulation...
From Opera to Blockchain: An Inside Look Into Diverse Crypto Careers
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Lexy Prodromos, business development manager at Bloq, talks about following your interests wherever they take you. She first studied opera when she went to...
Richard Sandor: The Man Who Wants To Transform A $9 Trillion Market On Main Street
Jim Kharouf - John Lothian NewsThe American Financial Exchange (AFX) is set to list its first Ameribor futures products - 3-month and 7-day Ameribor futures - on August 16, 2019, the 42nd anniversary of the launch of Treasury bond futures....
The Spread – LIBOR Edition
Tales From Chicago Venture Capital – Jeff Carter
Want to know more about venture capital? Want to understand what the industry has to offer? Listen to Jeff Carter, managing partner with West Loop Ventures, in this video from MarketsWiki Education's World Of Opportunity event in Chicago....
Bcause bets it all on bitcoin
On Thursday, August 8, Judge Janet Baer continued the current round of proceedings in Bcause’s ongoing federal bankruptcy case until September 4. Bcause demonstrated to the court there is hope a confirmable reorganization plan can be...
The Spread – Moving on Up
The Highest Paid Grip in Chicago and Parts Beyond
Friday I was the highest paid “grip” in Chicago as I helped drag JLN’s video and lighting equipment to the Wrigley building in Chicago on Michigan Avenue for a video shoot with American Financial Exchange CEO Richard Sandor and Wedbush...
Share Trading Obligations Get Messy – Mark Hemsley, Cboe
The best trading environments feature the best liquidity. But a no-deal Brexit could force some trading into inferior pools of liquidity. In this video, Cboe Europe President Mark Hemsley describes how share trading obligations could alter...
What is going on at LedgerX?
LedgerX may have launched trading on the contract market platform designated by the CFTC in June as reported by the cryptocurrency press on July 31. According to details shared exclusively with CoinDesk, the online news service that broke...
“FOMO” As A Motivator
Whether we like to admit it or not, the fear of missing out, or FOMO, does influence our behavior. FOMO is just as likely to lead to a bad trade as it is to a good career choice (or the other way around). In this video from MarketsWiki...
Industry Leaders Series
The Case for More Clearing of Treasury Securities
In this video, DTCC Managing Director and Head of Global Public Policy Mark Wetjen reflects on the Treasury flash crash of 2014 and lays out why more Treasury trading activity should involve a central counterparty. Produced by Mike...
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...
