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Hong Kong Exchange Drops on Worry Protests Will Hurt Trading; Homespun Firms Challenge Wall Street’s Muni-Bond Supremacy
See also: Bakkt now plans to offer cash-settled bitcoin futures; Brexit’s $78 Trillion Derivatives Spat Needs Fix Now, Banks Say; and more.
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Bitcoin Speculators Gain Upper Hand as Derivative Trading Surges
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read CFTC, Chairman Skate Away From Testifying About Kraft Thom Thompson - John Lothian News In a win for the CFTC, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals let the CFTC's Commissioners...
Half the World’s Banks Are Too Weak to Survive a Downturn, McKinsey Says
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffI just created a petition on Change.org: "Justice for Jitesh Thakkar; CFTC Should Drop Civil Charges and Apologize." I believe a grave injustice is being...
The World Economy Is Stumbling Toward Disaster
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffThe CME Group released a statement about last week's Vanity Fair Article titled, "There is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On": The Fantastically Profitable...
UK watchdog FCA snarls at EU criticism over derivatives; SEC opens debate on finding alternatives to IPOs
See also: Russia plans exchange for US-sanctioned companies to raise debt, Boris Johnson intensifies efforts to secure Brexit deal majority, and more.
SEC Charges 18 Traders in $31 Million Stock Manipulation Scheme; ICE closes acquisition of BAML fixed income volatility indices
See also: Inside Facebook’s Botched Attempt to Start a New Cryptocurrency, Why hedge fund managers are happy to let the machines take over, and more.
Fed ‘repo’ plan could face fund manager resistance; London Metal Exchange to increase fees by 8 per cent in 2020
See also: Neil Woodford’s empire implodes as he quits last two funds, Global Markets Waking Up to Consequences of Hong Kong Protests, and more.
CME, Google Ally for Cloud Market Data Access; London retains global finance throne amid Brexit chaos
See also: IMF’s Peacemaker Role Tested as Tariffs Pummel the Global Economy, UK markets watchdog says midweek Brexit a challenge, and more.
Chinese censorship is spreading beyond its borders
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe SEC has published two educational videos meant to help people spot and avoid fraud. They are titled "The Too-Good-to-be-True Circus" and "Without a...
Tokyo Stock Exchange head hits out at foreign investment rule
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffI want to thank all the musicians who performed last night at the ALTSO Rocktoberfest and all those who helped make the event a huge success. You did good...
U.S. online brokers still profiting from ‘dumb money’
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffWant to attend tonight's Rocktoberfest for ALTSO, but did not buy a ticket yet? Use "LothianRocks" to unlock 15% off full priced tickets.~JJLThomas J....
No Deal: Why Buying the London Stock Exchange Is Hard to Do
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Your chance to save on FIA Expo registration runs through Oct. 11. Our friends at the FIA say, "FIA Expo is your destination to engage in meaningful...
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Drops Nearly $37 Billion Bid for London Rival
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadA Legacy of Innovation Binds Chicago's Financial Community and Boy ScoutsJohn Lothian - JLNFor nearly 50 years, the Chicago financial district has supported the Boy Scouts of America...
ETFs Get All the Buzz, but Mutual Funds Still Dominate
John Lothian Newsletter – October 7, 2019
Bringing Rupee Trading Home, India Takes Steps to Deepen Markets
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadDocuments unsealed in CFTC v KraftThom Thompson - John Lothian NewsOn Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt...
Everything Is Private Equity Now
John Lothian Newsletter – October 3, 2019
