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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.
The Spread: Cleared for Retirement
This week on The Spread, the CME announces the launch of new volatility indices, the OCC’s David Prosperi retires, and more.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 15: Digitizing the Capital Markets
Carlos Domingo is the founder of Securitize, the aptly-named blockchain company that securitizes assets in the form of digital tokens. The company recently signed a deal with an SEC and FINRA-registered broker-dealer and ATS called Distributed Technology Markets, LLC, and seems on track to become an end-to-end digital securities platform that offers both securities issuance and trading through secondary markets.
The Spread: Edu-tainment
This week on The Spread, FIA’s virtual expo fills in for the physical event, Cboe and ICE launch new products, and more.
FIA 2020: Operations and Technology: Lessons learned from the pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial industry has largely shifted to working from home this year. On day two of FIA Expo-V, executives from major institutions throughout the financial industry shared what they had learned from shifting to remote and...
FIA Expo 2020: DeFi Demystified
The world of blockchain and digital assets is one of tech enthusiasts. Consequently, understanding it requires significant technical knowledge, so it can be difficult to understand how a digital asset protocol works, let alone a broader technological movement like...
FIA Expo: How Small Can You Go?
Mini and micro futures contracts at various exchanges have been gaining a lot of traction lately, presumably because of the "Robinhood effect" of retail traders coming into the markets. Our own John Lothian led a panel at FIA Expo-V Thursday titled "How Small Can You...
FIA Expo: Good Fragmentation vs. Bad Fragmentation
Deborah North, partner at the law firm Allen & Overy, moderated the Wednesday morning panel titled “Is Market Fragmentation the Future?” at FIA Expo 2020.
FIA Expo 2020: Overview of Innovator Pitches
Correction: TradeX does not hold customer data. The Innovator’s Pavillion is one of the most intriguing parts of FIA Expo - a small, curated collection of starry-eyed startups aspiring to make their mark. On the first day of FIA’s virtual Expo-V conference, each of...
The Spread: The Final Countdown
This week on The Spread – the VIX hits a 5-month high one week before the U.S. election, FIA Expo goes virtual, and more.
The Spread: A Freight Train of Volatility?
This week on The Spread, Cboe is set to acquire BIDS, TT branches out to South Africa, and more.
The Spread: Is 2020 Over Yet?
This week on The Spread: the CME launches futures trading on the VOLQ, Eurex launches futures and options trading on two ESG indices, and more.
Symphony: Timed Perfectly for the Pandemic
John Lothian interviewed David Gurle, the founder of Symphony, about how the company, its customers and prospective customers are responding to the provider of secure collaboration for global markets in light of the pandemic.
The Spread: Radio Killed the Video Star
This week on The Spread – election volatility makes options more expensive, the CME has a COVID scare, and more.
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It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
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