First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The LaSalle Trading Tech Awards event in support of the Pathway to Adventure Council of the Boy Scouts of America went well last night and raised over $114,000. Thank you to Tom Sexton, president and CEO...
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Europe’s traders call for shorter working day; Move could boost trading volumes while improving work-life balance
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Bloomberg has a story by Mark Gongloff titled "All Work and No Play Makes Jack an Unproductive Boy; America's long hours aren't helping anybody." I would agree. Work smarter, not longer.~JJL Also, the NY...
Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Infinite Leverage’
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff FIA's Will Acworth's take on CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert's speech at EXPO is titled "CFTC's Tarbert vows to promote 'integrity, resilience and vibrancy' of derivatives markets."~JJL Wedbush Securities...
CFTC, DOJ Enforcement Tag-Team Raising Stakes for Market Fraud
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The signatures on the petition for Justice for Jitesh include some of the top technologists in our industry. They also include a former CFTC official, the head of a prominent FCM and leading compliance...
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In swaps we trust? Disappearing dollars drive currency trading dependence; France Tried Soaking the Rich. It Didn’t Go Well.
First ReadA Cost-Benefit Analysis of the CFTC Case Against Jitesh Thakkar, Part 1John Lothian, Publisher - JLNCost-benefit analysis is an important part of the regulatory process and even more so after Dodd-Frank became the law of the land. The CFTC does...
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Five market axioms that can no longer be relied upon; Hedge funds are losing to private equity in a tug-of-war over investors’ portfolios, and experts say it’s only going to get worse
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