JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Alan Palmer – Open Outcry Traders History Project Alan Palmer came to the exchange as a 13-year-old and fell in love. He was hired the next summer as a runner on the trading floor. He has traded at the...
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The Weekend Update: November 25-29 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Georgia Governor, Trump Appear at Odds Over Senate Pick President Trump quietly met Sunday in the White House with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the governor’s preferred pick to fill the state’s Senate seat,...
The Weekend Update: November 18-22, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Chicago trading titan Don Wilson says Libor’s obituaries are premature (Bloomberg)—Chicago trading legend Don Wilson suspects the scandal-tainted Libor interest-rate benchmark is going to stick around past its...
The Weekend Update: November 11-15, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Gary Sagui – Open Outcry Traders History Project Gary Sagui started his career at Harris Bank in foreign exchange, then moved to New York for a bond trading job at firm that later failed. However, a chance...
The Weekend Update: October 28 – November 1, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK FIA Expo Day Two: Alternatives to LIBOR Transitions, disruptions and outright change are not new to the futures and options industry, but at this year’s FIA Expo, those themes seemed to loom especially large.v...
The Weekend Update: October 14-18, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK “There Is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On”: The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trades In the last 10 minutes of trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday, September 13, someone got...
The Weekend Update: October 7-11, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK U.S. online brokers still profiting from 'dumb money' NEW YORK (Reuters) - People who trade stocks online cheered last week when several large retail brokers slashed stock-trading commissions to zero, a move made...
The Weekend Update: September 30 – October 4, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Documents unsealed in CFTC v Kraft On Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt of court dispute between the CFTC and Kraft Foods and...
The Weekend Update: September 23-27, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Trump Didn’t Bribe Ukraine. It’s Actually Worse Than That. Reports that President Donald Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe...
The Weekend Update: September 16-20, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK HKEX and LSE, A Capitalist's Conundrum Mitsubishi Corp. said a rogue oil trader at its Singapore unit lost $320 million in unauthorized transactions disguised as legitimate hedges for customers. The employee, a...
The Weekend Update: September 9 – 13, 2019
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The Weekend Update (September 2 – 6, 2019)
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The Weekend Update (August 26 – 30, 2019)
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Lunch with the New CME Chairman Terrence DuffyBefore the CME went public in 2002, there was a change in leadership at the top. Terry Duffy ran for the job of chairman of the board against the incumbent, Scott...
The Weekend Update August 19 – August 23, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK CFTC v. Kraft/Mondelez: Agency Reserves Its 5th Amendment Rights Against Self-Incrimination; Agrees to Remove Offending Statements From Website Attorneys for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission appeared...
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Wave Goodbye to Libor. Welcome Its Successor, SOFR
First Read Grayscale wants digital asset regulators and investors to get along Matt Raebel - John Lothian News When you lose your digital assets, there isn't exactly a 1-800 number you can call to seek legal recompense. It's still the Wild West...
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Morgan Stanley Soared in Currency Derivatives Before Lira Mess; Time to Get Tactical on European Rates as Returns May Fall
See also: The Big Bet Now Is On Britain’s Unreliable Polls: Trading Brexit, Wave Goodbye to Libor. Welcome Its Successor, SOFR, and more.
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