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IMC’s Trading Challenge Prosperity Wins Sea Shells and Sends Winner to the Seashore
IMC is holding a trading challenge, but not just any trading challenge. This virtual market trading challenge was 18 months in the making, designed by multiple teams inside and out of IMC. The name of the challenge is Prosperity and it involves earning sea shells, which could earn the winning trader or traders a $25,000 island vacation. It also earns a $25,000 donation to a non-profit that helps cleanup the ocean. IMC will make a $25,000 donation in the winner’s name to The Ocean Cleanup.
Broadridge Chief Product Officer Martin Koopman Has a Lot Going On
John Lothian News interviewed Martin Koopman, chief product officer of Broadridge, about his new position at the firm and the different businesses Broadridge is known for and expanding into. Koopman and Broadridge have a lot going on.
Bringing Efficiency to Index Licensing Pricing is the Goal of BenchMarket and Bruce Traan
Bruce Traan is a 15+ year veteran of the Cboe who had jumped into the crypto world, but now has created his own firm to bring fairness in pricing to firms needing the licensing services of an index provider. The uneven pricing of the index provider world is what he seeks to solve with his new enterprise, BenchMarket.
Tallarium CEO Ermilov’s plans to banish Excel from the OTC energy markets
Stanislav Ermilov, founder and CEO of Tallarium, believes the over-the-counter energy markets are broken and the cause is the common Excel spreadsheet that has been the front end for deal making. John Lothian News talked with Ermilov at FIA Expo 2022 about how his company, Tallarium, fixes that problem.
CQG’s Moroney, Brennan on how collaboration builds a healthy ecosystem
Ryan Moroney, CEO and managing director of CQG, said it was a no-brainer to expand Alli Brennan’s role to head of Americas and EMEA, running sales for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) office as well as the Americas office. In the role since early November, Brennan said she’s excited by the opportunity to grow CQG’s footprint and launch products in a new region. Moroney and Brennan spoke with John Lothian News about developments in CQG’s world of trade routing, market data, and technical analysis tools in an interview at FIA Expo 2022.
Tony Trzeciak at FIA Expo 2022 Talks About Making Sense of All the Data to Trade Better
Tony Trzeciak is the CEO of Dialect (dialect.app), which he founded in August of 2021. JLN spoke with Trzeciak at the FIA Expo 2022 in Chicago about creating an analytics model to make sense of data and translate it into better trading and investment decisions.
Matthew Lempriere Talks With JLN at FIA Expo 2022 About BSO Connecting to Exchanges Across the Globe
BSO is a connectivity provider for financial services and other businesses. JLN spoke with Matthew Lempriere, BSO’s head of UK and Asia Pacific, at FIA Expo 2022.
We asked him what was new at BSO. He said the company is doing a lot with RF (radio frequency) services, which it provides in the form of its RF Express and RF Ultra products.
Exegy is Integrating, Growing and Ready for More; Chief Revenue Officer Craig Schachter Interviewed by JLN at FIA EXPO 2022
Exegy has been hard at work putting its company together after buying Vela in May of 2021. Exegy went out and bought Enyx almost one year to the day it bought Vela, Craig Schachter, chief revenue officer of Exegy, told John Lothian News at FIA EXPO 2022.
TNS Global Expansion Now Includes Madrid and Johannesburg; Jeff Mezger Interviewed at FIA EXPO 2022
Transaction Network Services, also known as TNS, is a global infrastructure provider that has spent the past five years building out its managed hosting, low latency infrastructure and expanding it globally, according to Jeff Mezger, TNS’s vice president of product management. Mezger spoke to John Lothian News at the November FIA EXPO in Chicago.
Catching up with Baton Systems at FIA EXPO 2022; President Jerome Kemp Talks Customer Growth
JLN interviewed Jerome Kemp, president of Baton Systems, at FIA EXPO 2022. JLN asked Kemp what Baton has been up to since we interviewed him last March at the FIA Boca conference.
Catching Up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at FIA EXPO 2022
John Lothian News caught up with Trading Technologies CEO Keith Todd at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago about recent announcements from TT and updates on its progress under its new owners.
Nick Baker’s Big, Interesting and Weird Stories at CoinDesk Turn Consequential With FTX Scoops and CoinDesk’s Comprehensive Coverage
NIck Baker is the deputy editor-in-chief of CoinDesk, which has about 100 people in its content operation, of which about 50 are journalists. Most work remotely from home, though CoinDesk does have a New York office. Like cryptocurrency, CoinDesk is decentralized, Baker said.
Nick Baker’s Journalistic Bloodlines Took Him From Dow Jones to Bloomberg to CoinDesk
Nick Baker had journalism in his blood from the start. His grandfather was a journalist and an influential person in his life. When his grandfather died during Baker’s high school years, he made the split-second decision to follow a career path to journalism.
Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX, Leads with a Familiar Model
John Palmer is the head of Cboe Digital, the rebranded ErisX. JLN caught up with Palmer at the recent FIA EXPO 2022 in Chicago to ask him about Cboe Digital and the general state of the crypto markets and industry, which were rocked by the implosion of FTX and related companies.
A New Solution for Hedging Used Vehicle Price Exposure Amid Increasing Volatility
If you’re an entity that owns a large automotive fleet – a car rental agency or the finance arm of an automaker with a sizable lease portfolio – today’s skyrocketing used car prices have likely pushed your portfolio’s value into the stratosphere.
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First Citizens to Buy SVB After Biggest Bank Failure Since 2008
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff This morning we have the first of the videos from our FIA Boca coverage and we start out with our interview with CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. We also have an interview with IMC Marketing Manager Steven Biester,...
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RELATIVE VALUE FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING VOLATILITY; MAT CASHMAN, EXPERIENCED TRADER & PRINCIPAL OF INVESTOR EDUCATION AT OCC, EXPLAINS THIS & MORE IN PART 2 OF THIS OPTIONS DISCOVERY FULL INTERVIEW
In part 2 of this Options Discovery full interview, JLN’s Alex Teng continues the conversation with Mat Cashman, principal of investor education at OCC®, to discuss the relative value framework for analyzing volatility, advice for starting a career in options, and The Options Industry CouncilSM (OIC®) free online tools.
How Options Hedging for Oil Is Turbocharging Volatility
Observations & Insight Gain Small-Cap Exposure with Options on the Russell 2000 Index Learn why small-cap indexes like the Russell 2000 have historically outperformed large-cap counterparts, and how an options strategy can help you manage your risk while...