Industry Leaders Series
Small Exchange CEO Donnie Roberts Excited By First Year Of Trading
The Small Exchange did not get started when CEO Donnie Roberts wanted it to in 2020. Just as it was finally given regulatory approval, the pandemic hit in March of 2020. The exchange didn’t start until June 1st and when it did, the initial focus was on making sure all the systems worked properly. John Lothian News spoke to Roberts last week about the exchange’s first year of trading.
Catching up with Sterling Trading Tech on “Unprecedented” Trading
Sterling Trading Tech is one of the firms in the eye of the storm for the rise of retail equity and option traders. John Lothian News caught up with their president and head of risk management to talk about how they fared and how they continue to deal with the influx of retail customers and resulting trading activity in 2020 and 2021.
Intercontinental Exchange’s Lynn Martin Walks JLN Through New ICE Portfolio Auction Platform
Fixed-Income Trading Platform Automates Complex Portfolio Trading, Leverages ICE Data and Risk Management Tools The world of bond trading is being swept into the electronic trading world and ICE has offered a new way to automate and make the trading of large...
Brendan Bradley Is No ESG Investing Dummy and He Has a Book to Prove It
First he co-wrote “FinTech For Dummies.” Now he has written “ESG Investing For Dummies.” John Lothian News interviewed Brendan Bradley over Zoom about his new book and the ESG space.
Scott Knudsen – The Path to Electronic Trading Led to a Best Execution Platform For Bitcoin
A Trader and Industry Executive Who Continues to Change with the Times. John Lothian News interviewed Scott Knudsen, the founder of Cove Markets and a longtime former executive with IMC, for The Path to Electronic Trading video series, but we broke off this part of...
Exclusive: JLN Interviews New Trading Technologies CEO Tim Geannopulos About His Mandate and the Potential Sale of TT
New Trading Technologies Chairman & CEO Tim Geannopulos sat for an exclusive interview with John Lothian News to talk about what brought him back to TT, what his mandate is, and the potential sale of the company. Geannopulos, who left TT as a senior executive when...
Ram Vittal – John Lothian News Zoom Interview
In 2020, Ram Vittal was hired by Marex to be the CEO of the London-based firm’s North American operations. John Lothian interviewed Vittal for John Lothian News about his role at Marex. Vittal discusses Marex's retail and institutional strategies and where they fit in...
Looking Back on 2020 with Phil Mackintosh, Chief Economist at Nasdaq
Phil Mackintosh, chief economist at Nasdaq, discusses some of the biggest takeaways learned from 2020, as well as what to expect from 2021.
Tim McCourt from the CME Group – Micro E Mini Options
Tim McCourt, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Products at the CME Group, discusses the launch, reception, and use of the CME’s new options contracts on its Micro E Mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures.
Angelo Evangelou: SA-CCR Early Greenlight a Great Step in the Right Direction
The SA-CCR is an expansive set of rules that applies to more than just the options markets, but Angelo Evangelou, Cboe’s chief policy officer, explained why Cboe is excited about the change and optimistic about its potential impact on the options markets.
Loh Boon Chye: Singapore Exchange Expands as Asia Market Grows
Since FIA Boca didn’t take place this March, John Lothian News posed our questions to Loh Boon Chye, the CEO of SGX, from afar, and he responded in this video shot in mid-March.
Chris Hehmeyer – Bitcoin, Bakkt and Beyond
Hehmeyer Trading and Investments shut down its CTA and CPO and IB business at the end of the year, along with its Hehmeyer Cryptocurrency Index Fund. The market maker is now focused on cryptocurrencies, bitcoin in particular. Chris Hehmeyer told John Lothian News that...
Walt Lukken: FIA Moves Forward After Boca Cancellation
After FIA Boca 2020 was cancelled because of the Coronavirus, JLN found some alternative ways to put together the video interviews we had scheduled. In this one, with Walt Lukken, we spoke via phone with Walt and the FIA taped their side of the interview in his...
Futures Industry Association Cancels Prestigious Boca International Conference Due to an Abundance of Caution Because of Global Coronavirus Outbreak
The Futures Industry Association has cancelled its International Conference in Boca Raton, Florida scheduled to start next week out of “an abundance of caution.”
The WILD Growth of Cathey Curley – Part One
Cathey Curley is the president of Women in Listed Derivatives (WILD). She sat down for an interview with John Lothian News to talk about the explosive growth WILD is experiencing and what they are doing with that success.
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U.S. regulators urge financial firms to quickly ditch Libor rate benchmarks
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AMC Stock-Price Surge: Veteran Options Trader on 3 Drivers of It
Observations & Insight ****JJL: The CME Group has issued the following notice: "Amendments to and Delisting of Certain CME and CBOT Products in Connection with the Elimination of Most CME and All CBOT Open Outcry Trading Pits and Related Frequently Asked Questions...
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