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S&P Global Agrees to Buy IHS Markit for About $44 Billion
First Read $16,711/$300,000 (5.6%) Steve Auerbach, Guy Sheetz (and Anonymous x2) ++++ The Hemp Industry Has Room To Grow Thom Thompson - John Lothian News As the third nationally legal industrial hemp crop hits the market, it is clear that American producers,...
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A $364 Trillion Game of Brexit Chicken Gets Ugly; European shares retreat as caution over the economic outlook resurfaces after the biggest ever monthly rally
A $364 Trillion Game of Brexit Chicken Gets Ugly; European shares retreat as caution over the economic outlook resurfaces after the biggest ever monthly rally
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The Hemp Industry Has Room To Grow
As the third nationally legal industrial hemp crop hits the market, it is clear that American producers, consumers, merchants and processors are engaged, at an early stage, in a grand and exciting economic experiment to leverage an ages-old commodity into effective, reliable products for technologically advanced markets.
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: NOVEMBER 23-25, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK JAMES MURPHY TALKS MURPHY & MCGONIGLE AND LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AWARD James Murphy is the co-founder and chairman of Murphy & McGonigle, a law firm that was recently named “Law Firm of the Year” by the 2021 edition of US News –...
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Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
Tokyo Stock Exchange President and Chief Executive Koichiro Miyahara has resigned, taking responsibility for a technical outage that shut TSE for a full day in October. Akira Kiyota, chief executive of the Japan Exchange Group, will take over.
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Libra
Facebook’s Libra project is being readied to debut early next year. The controversial payments platform reportedly just needs regulatory approval from Switzerland, where Libra is based, before it launches.
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S&P Global Agrees to Buy IHS Markit for About $44 Billion
First Read $16,711/$300,000 (5.6%) Steve Auerbach, Guy Sheetz (and Anonymous x2) ++++ The Hemp Industry Has Room To Grow Thom Thompson - John Lothian News As the third nationally legal industrial hemp crop hits the market, it is clear that American producers,...
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A $364 Trillion Game of Brexit Chicken Gets Ugly; European shares retreat as caution over the economic outlook resurfaces after the biggest ever monthly rally
A $364 Trillion Game of Brexit Chicken Gets Ugly; European shares retreat as caution over the economic outlook resurfaces after the biggest ever monthly rally
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John Lothian News Daily Update
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
Lead Stories
The Hemp Industry Has Room To Grow
As the third nationally legal industrial hemp crop hits the market, it is clear that American producers, consumers, merchants and processors are engaged, at an early stage, in a grand and exciting economic experiment to leverage an ages-old commodity into effective, reliable products for technologically advanced markets.
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: NOVEMBER 23-25, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK JAMES MURPHY TALKS MURPHY & MCGONIGLE AND LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR AWARD James Murphy is the co-founder and chairman of Murphy & McGonigle, a law firm that was recently named “Law Firm of the Year” by the 2021 edition of US News –...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 11/23/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
James Murphy Talks Murphy & McGonigle and Law Firm of the Year Award
James Murphy is the co-founder and chairman of Murphy & McGonigle, a law firm that was recently named “Law Firm of the Year” by the 2021 edition of US News – “Best Lawyers.”
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: NOVEMBER 16-20, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK THE CRYPTOMARKETSWIKI PODCAST EPISODE 15: DIGITIZING THE CAPITAL MARKETSCarlos Domingo is the founder of Securitize, the aptly-named blockchain company that securitizes assets in the form of digital tokens. The company recently signed a...
The Spread: Cleared for Retirement
This week on The Spread, the CME announces the launch of new volatility indices, the OCC’s David Prosperi retires, and more.
Andy Busch Post Election Regulatory Analysis
Andy Busch is the former chief market information officer of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Today he is a consultant, speaker and market analyst offering his unique perspectives and analysis to corporate clients.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 11/16/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 15: Digitizing the Capital Markets
Carlos Domingo is the founder of Securitize, the aptly-named blockchain company that securitizes assets in the form of digital tokens. The company recently signed a deal with an SEC and FINRA-registered broker-dealer and ATS called Distributed Technology Markets, LLC, and seems on track to become an end-to-end digital securities platform that offers both securities issuance and trading through secondary markets.
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: NOVEMBER 9-13, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK FIA EXPO: CME GROUP’S DUFFY IS SAILING SMOOTHLY IN UNCHARTED WATERS In “the most uncertain times in the world,” CME Group CEO Terry Duffy does not appear to be fazed by the potential threat of a short selling ban or a financial...
The Spread: Edu-tainment
This week on The Spread, FIA’s virtual expo fills in for the physical event, Cboe and ICE launch new products, and more.
Andy Tan: Open Outcry Traders History Project
Andy Tan is a former floor broker on SIMEX for Merrill Lynch. He was in the SIMEX trading pits with Merrill Lynch for almost 15 years.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 11/9/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
FIA EXPO-V: Cboe’s Ed Tilly Talks Retail Investors, European Derivatives Plans
Although it was a period of heightened volatility, 2020 was a big year for retail investors, who jumped in as many institutional investors moved to the sidelines. Finally, over the last week and a half, those institutions are coming back in, said Ed Tilly, chairman,...
FIA 2020: Operations and Technology: Lessons learned from the pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial industry has largely shifted to working from home this year. On day two of FIA Expo-V, executives from major institutions throughout the financial industry shared what they had learned from shifting to remote and...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 11/23/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
James Murphy Talks Murphy & McGonigle and Law Firm of the Year Award
James Murphy is the co-founder and chairman of Murphy & McGonigle, a law firm that was recently named “Law Firm of the Year” by the 2021 edition of US News – “Best Lawyers.”
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: NOVEMBER 16-20, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK THE CRYPTOMARKETSWIKI PODCAST EPISODE 15: DIGITIZING THE CAPITAL MARKETSCarlos Domingo is the founder of Securitize, the aptly-named blockchain company that securitizes assets in the form of digital tokens. The company recently signed a...
The Spread: Cleared for Retirement
This week on The Spread, the CME announces the launch of new volatility indices, the OCC’s David Prosperi retires, and more.
Andy Busch Post Election Regulatory Analysis
Andy Busch is the former chief market information officer of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Today he is a consultant, speaker and market analyst offering his unique perspectives and analysis to corporate clients.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 11/16/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 15: Digitizing the Capital Markets
Carlos Domingo is the founder of Securitize, the aptly-named blockchain company that securitizes assets in the form of digital tokens. The company recently signed a deal with an SEC and FINRA-registered broker-dealer and ATS called Distributed Technology Markets, LLC, and seems on track to become an end-to-end digital securities platform that offers both securities issuance and trading through secondary markets.
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: NOVEMBER 9-13, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK FIA EXPO: CME GROUP’S DUFFY IS SAILING SMOOTHLY IN UNCHARTED WATERS In “the most uncertain times in the world,” CME Group CEO Terry Duffy does not appear to be fazed by the potential threat of a short selling ban or a financial...
The Spread: Edu-tainment
This week on The Spread, FIA’s virtual expo fills in for the physical event, Cboe and ICE launch new products, and more.
Andy Tan: Open Outcry Traders History Project
Andy Tan is a former floor broker on SIMEX for Merrill Lynch. He was in the SIMEX trading pits with Merrill Lynch for almost 15 years.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 11/9/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
FIA EXPO-V: Cboe’s Ed Tilly Talks Retail Investors, European Derivatives Plans
Although it was a period of heightened volatility, 2020 was a big year for retail investors, who jumped in as many institutional investors moved to the sidelines. Finally, over the last week and a half, those institutions are coming back in, said Ed Tilly, chairman,...
FIA 2020: Operations and Technology: Lessons learned from the pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial industry has largely shifted to working from home this year. On day two of FIA Expo-V, executives from major institutions throughout the financial industry shared what they had learned from shifting to remote and...
FIA EXPO 2020: Lots of Ideas, But Little Agreement, As Libor Faces Deadline
As the deadline for the end of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) looms at the end of 2021, a host of legacy issues and alternative rate choices remain on the table, members of an FIA Expo panel on short-term interest rate rates agreed. But while the panelists...
FIA Expo 2020: FIA’s Lurton: “Spoofing is something you should pay attention to.” Oyez! Oyez!
Allison Lurton, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for FIA, was joined by two lawyers from the law firm Faegre Drinker, James Ludy and Nicholas Wendland, on Thursday morning at FIA Expo for the inevitable panel on spoofing. This one came with a refreshing twist -...
FIA Expo 2020: DeFi Demystified
The world of blockchain and digital assets is one of tech enthusiasts. Consequently, understanding it requires significant technical knowledge, so it can be difficult to understand how a digital asset protocol works, let alone a broader technological movement like...
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