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BNPP Asset Management Looks Forward to Continued Stock Price Appreciation
Despite the current raging pandemic and Congress debating whether to impeach the same president twice, the portfolio managers that BNPP Asset Management’s new CEO, Johanna Lasker, assembled to talk to the press on Wednesday morning said they believe all of that will...
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 16: A Year of Highs and Lows
In this episode of the CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast, Matt Raebel and Thom Thompson discuss their picks for the biggest cryptocurrency and blockchain stories of 2020.
The Spread: Time for an Upgrade
This week on The Spread, Softbank ditches a controversial options investment, the CME becomes the new king of bitcoin derivatives, and more.
FIA Asia-V: Are Data and Technology the New Drivers for the Business?
There is perhaps nothing more central to trading than data. The numbers flashing across your computer screen may represent tangible products but in the end it is all reduced to a data stream.
FIA Asia-V: Wrapping Up the Future of Futures: Politics, China and a Margining Debate
Several industry themes emerged in the very last panel discussion of FIA Asia-V, or as moderator and JPMorgan Managing Director David Martin wryly noted, the “graveyard of all graveyard shifts at the end of a three-day conference.”
FIA Asia-V: ESG – Meeting Customer Demand While Building a Market
ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing is a hot topic these days. The growing practice of investing in exclusively eco-friendly, socially-conscious companies is a developing industry, and from the sounds of the panelists at the FIA Asia-V panel,...
FIA Asia-V: “This Is A Great Time To Be Alive!”
“This is a great time to be alive!” Glenn Seah actually said that on the FIA Asia-V panel titled The Regulatory Landscape for a New Decade when he was asked to discuss cross border issues in light of current geopolitical conditions. Seah, SGX’s Head of Legal,...
FIA Asia-V: HKEX’s Charles Li Bids Industry Farewell But Not Goodbye
In his last address to the FIA as the chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd., Charles Li looked back at 2020 and toward a brighter future “now that we are seemingly coming out the other side of the tunnel with the vaccines coming.” Set to retire from...
FIA Asia-V: Asian Commodity Futures Bloom Despite COVID’s Chaos
While the pandemic was a major economic disruptor in 2020, impacting global demand and the supply chain, the use of futures and options grew in Asia as more investors used them as hedge and arbitrage vehicles, said members of an FIA Asia-V panel devoted to change in...
FIA Asia-V: CCP Resilience Does Not Dissuade Industry From Self Assessment
Jackie Mesa, who is FIA’s COO and Senior VP of Global Policy, moderated Asia-V’s panel, "The CCP Perspective on the Asia-Pacific Clearing Environment." Her panelists were Kate Birchall from LCH, Agnes Koh, from Singapore Exchange, Vikram Kothari from NSE Clearing...
FIA Asia-V: Asia-Pacific Exchanges Look Back and Ahead
In the first panel at FIA’s Asia-V 2020 Expo, exchanges in the Asia-Pacific looked back at their successes during a turbulent year and ahead toward opportunities for cooperation in 2021.
FIA Asia-V: Top Chinese Regulator Pitches Open Mainland Markets
With a pedigree that includes a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University and a five-year stint as an investment officer at the World Bank, it is not surprising that the vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Committee is a proponent of the opening of...
FIA Asia-V: Adapting to the New Normal
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This quote by Winston Churchill (or former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, depending on who you ask) was brought up by Stella Gan, the FIA’s head of operations for the Asia-Pacific region on the first day of FIA Asia-V, as speakers...
The Spread: Plenty of Options
This week on The Spread – record-high options trading volumes, new products from Intercontinental Exchange and HKEX, and more.
HKEX’s Kevin Rideout Talks about MSCI Move to HKEX from SGX
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited recently signed a long term agreement with MSCI to list their indices in Hong Kong rather than in Singapore at SGX, which had listed the contracts for decades.
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First Read $26,851/$300,000 (9.0%) Denise Knabjian ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff The U.S. has surpassed the 25 million Covid-19 infections level, according to data reported Sunday by Johns Hopkins University. JPX has signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU,...
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Tencent’s $251 Billion Rally Triggers Frenzy in Shares, Options; Investor anxiety mounts over prospect of stock market ‘bubble’
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