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SEC GameStop Report Debunks Conspiracies, Backs Gensler Plan
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ FIA Tech's Atlantis Ready for More Options Brokers John Lothian - John Lothian News Give-up Settlement and Payment System Improves Efficiency, Speeds up Payments FIA Tech is trying to solve a problem for options brokers with a...
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CFTC fines Tether, Bitfinex $42.5 million for misleading customers
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Intercontinental Exchange's strategy of moving into real estate data came into clearer focus today as it announced the launch of a suite of U.S. residential mortgage locked rate...
$7 Trillion Worth of Stocks Are Exposed to Crypto Risks
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Morningstar Scaling Up Against Industry Dominators Chicago Index Firm Sees Growth in ESG and Delivering Value to Clients John Lothian - John Lothian News The index business is dominated by three big...
U.S. SEC opens inquiry into Wall Street banks’ staff communications
First Read ++++ $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff FTX announced a global partnership with the International Cricket Council. That leaves the International Turtle Racing League as the only sport with whom they have not done a...
Entry into S&P 500 could be influenced by ratings sales, research suggests
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ SGX Looks To Expand A50, Grow China-Centric Risk Management Business Switch from MSCI to FTSE Russell Offers Powerful Network Lessons John Lothian - John Lothian News SGX learned much from the experience a year ago when their...
What the Future May Hold for the Coronavirus and Us
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago is holding a virtual seminar titled "Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series - Understanding Retail...
Risky Volatility Funds Set to Make a Comeback; Personal Finance: Era of Expensive Mutual Funds Is Dying. Long Live ETFs.
Observations & Insight Most equity markets trek higher, undaunted by debt ceiling debate, jobs report; A fresh take on the Term of the Week JohnLothianNews.com - Stocks up on the week, put options dominate amid roller-coaster moves; - An all-new look at the Term...
Rohit Chopra is going to rock the financial world
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Mary Childs and Amanda Aronczyk of NPR interviewed American Financial Exchange CEO Richard Sandor on Planet Money on a podcast titled "LIBOR pains." You can listen it HERE. HKEX...
Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Announces National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ STA 2021: Equity Volume Robust, But the Drumbeat for Reform Grows Louder Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News Although market competition and structure are hot topics in the securities industry, a Wednesday fireside chat at the...
‘Volmageddon’ Is History as SEC Greenlights Leveraged VIX ETFs
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The FINRA Foundation awarded the 2021 Ketchum Prize, the highest honor from FINRA, to Shawn Spruce, a champion of financial and investor education in native communities. -- FINRA...
SEC’s Gensler Aims to Save Investors Money by Squeezing Wall Street
First Read $53,806/$300,000 (17.9%) Trading Technologies ++++ Hemp Biomass Prices Dip as 2021 Harvest Adds Supply, But Emerging Demand Seen Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News Mid-range prices of hemp biomass were bobbing in a sea of red in the September PanXchange...
Behind the Crypto Broker Accused of Enabling Ransomware Hackers; Why Brexit Britain Is Isolated, Vulnerable and Running on Fumes
First Read ++++ $53,706/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The Washington Post has good coverage of the Pandora Papers. Here is a FAQ about the world of secret money. Here are key findings from the Pandora Papers investigation by the...
The Surge in Natural Gas Prices Is Equal to a $190 Oil Shock; Chinese energy order points to harsher gas crunch for Europe
First Read ++++ $53,706/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The FIA has released several videos from its recently completed IDX 2021 in London. The first is the opening comments from FIA CEO and President Walt...
CFTC Charges 14 Entities for Failing to Register as FCMs or Falsely Claiming to be Registered; Global supply chains at risk of collapse, warn business leaders
First Read $53,706/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today's lead story is a press release from the CFTC about 14 firms charged with failing to register as futures commission merchants. All the firms combined FX trading and...
‘Most Americans Today Believe the Stock Market Is Rigged, and They’re Right’
First Read $53,706/$300,000 (17.9%) ++++ FIA IDX 2021 Panel: More Exchange-Trade Products On Path to Sustainability 'It's important that it's the right product at the right time, not necessarily the perfect product.' Suzanne Cosgrove -- John Lothian News Environmental...
European Energy Prices Surge to Records as Supply Crisis Spreads
First Read $53,706/$300,000 (17.9%) Nils-Robert Persson, Trading Technologies Correction: In the story "IDX 2021 Panel: The New Landscape For Clearing in the U.K. and EU" in yesterday's Newsletter, the sentence 'The moderator, FIA Europe's Bruce Savage, said the...