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Can LedgerX Deliver?
On Monday, June 24, the CFTC licensed LedgerX as a futures market and it joined the ranks of the CFTC triply crowned: swap execution facility (SEF), derivatives clearing organization (DCO) and now designated contract market (DCM). CME and...
Breaking Down The Merger of JPX and TOCOM
In March 2019, JPX and TOCOM signed an agreement to merge. In this video from FIA IDX, Osaka Exchange President and CEO Hiromi Yamaji talks about the benefits of an all-in-one Japanese exchange for market participants. Produced by Mike...
Breaking Down Eurex’s Latency Protection
In this video from FIA IDX, Eurex Executive Board Member Randolf Roth discusses Eurex’s plans for latency protection (a speed bump) in its French and German equity options markets. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
Electronic Derivatives Trading in South Africa Gears Up
A half decade’s worth of work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to update its trading technology is bearing fruit. The exchange now has its equities, equities derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives trading on LSEG Technology’s...
Copper’s Options Paradox; Yen Swaptions Signal 2016 BOJ Redux
Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
A Look Back with Steve Staszak
Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at...
China launches Nasdaq-style tech board, expects challenges; Time for Reform is Now – FIA PTG
Volatility Products, Interacting with Order Flow and Complex Order Books – Nasdaq
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, Nasdaq Vice President and Head of US Options Greg Ferrari discusses the exchange’s plans for its own volatility products, trading technology developments and how market participants...
Chinese Newspaper Editor Moving Markets With His Tweets; Exchanges Shy Away From Mini-IPOs
On-Screen Risk, Open Outcry Trading and Liquidity – BOX
In this video from the Options Exchange Leader Series, BOX CEO Ed Boyle talks about protecting liquidity providers and developing BOX’s complex order book and regulatory tools. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter...
R.J. O’Brien on an international binge; IEX struggles to transform trading
Mining Troubles Take Down Ecosystem
Judge Janet Baer presided over a motion hearing on June 5 in the bankruptcy proceedings of Bcause, ”the world’s first full-stack cryptocurrency ecosystem.” Bcause’s full stacks include mining, spot trading and futures trading, as well as a...
Junk-Bond, Loan ETF Outflows Among Biggest Ever Amid Turmoil
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & Insight12th Annual FIA International Derivatives ExpoYou can watch some of IDX 2019 at the link below:/idx2019.fia.org/++++Options Volume -- May, 2019Lead...
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