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Gary DeWaal, Katten Muchin Rosenman – Regulation, Compliance and the Grandma Test
"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, and remember to apply 'the grandma test.'" When you are faced with a difficult decision, picture this: you're sitting at Thanksgiving dinner, the family is gathered around the table, and grandma comes in holding a...
Bill Looney, CBOE – The Champions’ Mindset
"The more you apply your inherent skill set to a job, and the more that job requires your inherent skill set, the greater the formula is for success. And, more importantly, the happier you'll be." Bill Looney is a real Renaissance man - institutional sales trader,...
John Lothian Newsletter: Deutsche Bank Drops to Record as Some Clients Reduce Exposure; ICE Clear Credit Recognized As Third-country Central Counterparty Under EMIR; Derivatives surge sees two thirds of firms increasing tech investments
First Read Who Needs Tickets? Next week is the A Leg To Stand On Rocktoberfest event here in Chicago, at City Winery on October 6 at 6 p.m. This year Geneva Trading is providing four tickets for the event, each valued at $200 per ticket. If you'd like to attend and...
John Lothian News Brings A World of Opportunity to London For Third Year
Event brings together industry leaders, who share stories and ideas with "the next generation of market participants." John Lothian News is bringing its MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series to London for the third straight year on Monday, October 31,...
John Lothian Newsletter: Peak Finance Looks Like It’s Over; Banks Lead Charge to Adopt AI for Business; U.S. to expand rules for ‘too-big-to-fail’ clearing houses
First Read Invest in the Future; Trading Tech Awards Event to Launch Merit Badge Workshop Program Expansion By John Lothian Trading Tech Awards Event - Register Here For 45 years the financial community of Chicago has been supporting the Boy Scouts of America with an...
Kenny Polcari, O’Neil Securities – Charting a Career
"Let me go and check this out. I'm either going to love (an intern job at the NYSE) or I'm going to hate it. If I hate it, OK, chalk it up to experience, but if I love it, it may change the course of my life. And, in fact, it changed the course of my life." Market...
John Lothian Newsletter: MarketAxess muscles into US bond trading as banks retreat; Hedge Funds Face Most Difficult Era Julian Robertson’s Ever Seen; Brazil opens antitrust probe into BM&FBovespa bourse
First Read The mystery of high-frequency trading; How can you put a speed limit on something you can't track? By ZACHARY WARMBRODT - Politico Something mysterious rattled one of the world's most stable financial markets for 12 harrowing minutes on Oct. 15, 2014....
John Lothian Newsletter: Six Exchanges Collectively Fine Merrill Lynch; CBOE, Bats Deal Creates New Exchange Behemoth; Hedge Funds Take Another Punch to Gut
First Read Kristin Boggiano, Guggenheim Partners - It's a Jungle Out There MarketsWikiEducation.com "You're going to reinvent yourself your whole career. It's not just a one-step thing. You may start off in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and become a regulatory lawyer years...
John Lothian Newsletter: CBOE Agrees to Buy Market Operator Bats for $3.2 Billion; LSE and banks set to launch new derivatives exchange; CME Seeks Clearing Shift as Rules Reshape Derivatives
First Read CBOE Hits Home Run In Bats Acquisition By JLN Staff "This is a great fit culturally," said CBOE CEO Ed Tilly, who is trying to pull off the biggest deal of his career, with the $3.2 billion acquisition of Bats Global Markets Tilly and his team was also...
Kristin Boggiano, Guggenheim Partners – It’s a Jungle Out There
"You're going to reinvent yourself your whole career. It's not just a one-step thing. You may start off in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and become a regulatory lawyer years later." When Kristin Boggiano was finishing college, she admittedly had no clue what she wanted to...
Bill Harts, Modern Markets Initiative – How a Small Group of Traders Improved Markets for All
"The most liquid stocks in the world used to trade at a minimum spread of one-eighth, but was quite often trading at a quarter spread. If you were an average retail investor buying 100 shares, you would have been paying an extra $25...
Adena Friedman, Nasdaq – Exchanges: Drivers and Beneficiaries of Change
"Today, exchanges are, at their core, technology companies as well as marketplaces." Adena Friedman loves working with interns. After all, she began her career as an intern at Nasdaq a number of years ago. Now, she serves as the exchange group's president and chief...
John Lothian Newsletter: Citadel Securities is suing options exchanges again; Nordic Capital Said to Weigh $500 Million Sale of Itiviti; US finance groups call for Brexit ‘transition period’
First Read Notes from Securities Traders Conference, Day Two By John J. Lothian John Schneider, director, sell side sales at ITG, was elected chairman of the Securities Traders Association yesterday. He gave a passionate and personal speech at a dinner at the...
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A ‘Mind-Boggling’ Individual Investor Boom Stirs Up Markets in Asia; Brazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists Say
A ‘Mind-Boggling’ Individual Investor Boom Stirs Up Markets in Asia; Brazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists Say
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Rocket shares soar more than 70% as analysts eye ‘GameStop-esque’ short squeeze; Rocket Falls as RBC Suggests Reddit-Driven Rally Is Overdone
Rocket shares soar more than 70% as analysts eye ‘GameStop-esque’ short squeeze; Rocket Falls as RBC Suggests Reddit-Driven Rally Is Overdone
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