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Hang Seng Index
The Hang Seng Index will add three companies in June: Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd., BYD Co. Ltd. and Country Garden Services Holdings, expanding the index to 58. The additions reflect the growing prominence of Chinese IT firms.
Leo Melamed Is ‘Man of the Futures’
Leo Melamed has lived a life worthy of multiple autobiographies. And he now has written his latest, “The Man of the Futures.” The book encompasses all that occurred in his life and work since 1996, when he published “Escape to the Futures.” A lot has happened in that quarter of a century, and many of Melamed’s dreams and the predictions he made have been realized.
Catching up with Sterling Trading Tech on “Unprecedented” Trading
Sterling Trading Tech is one of the firms in the eye of the storm for the rise of retail equity and option traders. John Lothian News caught up with their president and head of risk management to talk about how they fared and how they continue to deal with the influx of retail customers and resulting trading activity in 2020 and 2021.
JLN Regions Summary: European Investors Crowd Into Nordic Junk Bonds; Nigeria to Register Brokers Selling Foreign Stocks; Investors Short Bunds as Germany Struggles to Recover
With Nordic high-yield borrowing costs about 200 basis points higher than in the euro market, investors from Europe are crowding into Nordic junk bonds. Issuance of Nordic high-yield corporate bonds soared 122% in the first quarter from a year earlier to $7.6 billion....
JLN Regions Summary: Vickers Venture Partners Falls Prey to Nickel Scam in Singapore; Chinese-Australian Dialogue Suspended; Argentina Adopts Meatless Mondays
Vickers Venture Partners, a technology startup investor founded by Finian Tan, has fallen victim to an alleged nickel trading scheme fronted by Singaporean company Envy Global Trading. Ng Yu Zhi, the businessman at the head of this scheme, has been charged with faking...
JLN Regions Summary: Pandemic Disrupts Hajj Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia; Silver Lake’s Talks With New Zealand Rugby League Spark Debate; Cigarettes Disguise Currency Exchange in Caracas
Japanese online brokerage company SBI has ended a long venture with Chinese insurance company Ping An due to high fintech development costs and an increased concern with data security. (Finews) Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. is in a strong position to...
JLN Regions Summary: EU Investors Pulled Between the US and China; Australian Companies Get a Second Wind with IPOs; Mexico’s Shadow Banks Worry Investors
In light of China’s recent political moves (its assertiveness over Taiwan, tighter controls over Hong Kong and alleged mistreatment of Muslim Uyghurs) many European nations have either joined with the Biden Administration to further sanction China, or continued to...
JLN Regions Summary: Tesla’s PR Shift in China; Vasuki Shastry Highlights Challenges Facing Asian Markets; Doing Business in Dubai
Tesla’s response to complaints in China has shed light on the company’s, and CEO Elon Musk’s, treatment of regulators and how the importance of China’s market may change their tune. (Bloomberg Opinion) Author Vasuki Shastry explains some of the challenges facing the...
JLN Wellness Exchange: Record Covid Numbers Seen Worldwide
The number of new coronavirus cases worldwide shot up to a new record (NY Times), with 400,000 in India, putting pressure to waive vaccine patents to stop the spread (WSJ). The sick in India are caring for the sicker (WSJ). The U.S. is launching trade talks on...
Summary of Regions Stories From the John Lothian Newsletter for April 30, 2021
China’s government meets to plan an economic recovery from COVID by maintaining its current plans with macro policies (Bloomberg), while Japan’s government discusses opening up sports betting on baseball and basketball to curb pandemic pressures (FT).
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The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 17: The Ripple Effect
In this episode of the CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast, Matt Raebel and Thom Thompson discuss some of the biggest stories of the year so far.
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.
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U.S. regulators urge financial firms to quickly ditch Libor rate benchmarks
First Read $42,416/$300,000 (14.1%) Bruce Sunderland ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The character actor Ned Beatty has died at the age of 83. He acted in 150 movies, including the iconic "Network." While the movie Network might be better known for...
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AMC Stock-Price Surge: Veteran Options Trader on 3 Drivers of It
Observations & Insight ****JJL: The CME Group has issued the following notice: "Amendments to and Delisting of Certain CME and CBOT Products in Connection with the Elimination of Most CME and All CBOT Open Outcry Trading Pits and Related Frequently Asked Questions...
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