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Fate of London Metals Pit Hangs in Balance After Trader Pushback
First Read $40,276/$300,000 (13.4%) ++++ John Lothian News Converts Coronavirus Section of JLN to Wellness Exchange John Lothian - John Lothian News The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a new risk to those addressed by this newsletter, namely the health and wellness...
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UK markets regulator unveils plan to reform Spac rules; Archegos’s Collapse Is a Wakeup Call for Regulators
UK markets regulator unveils plan to reform Spac rules; Archegos’s Collapse Is a Wakeup Call for Regulators
CME Group to Launch Micro Bitcoin Futures on May 3; Big Oil’s Secret World of Trading
CME Group to Launch Micro Bitcoin Futures on May 3; Big Oil’s Secret World of Trading
‘Unprecedented’: Wall Street Ponders Goldman’s Block-Trade Spree; Nordic Capital to sell Itiviti
‘Unprecedented’: Wall Street Ponders Goldman’s Block-Trade Spree; Nordic Capital to sell Itiviti
EU leaders clash over vaccine distribution in tense summit
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff The Wall Street Journal's owner is buying Investor Business Daily for $275 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. "News Corp NWS 3.08% agreed to buy digital-first financial news and research...
Cboe Global Markets Agrees to Acquire Chi-X Asia Pacific, Expanding Global Footprint into Australia and Japan
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Eurex Derivatives Forum: Fixed Income Looks For a Recipe For ESG Success Suzanne Cosgrove -- John Lothian News Sustainable investments are new by most measures. This is especially true in the fixed-income sector, where ESG...
We Must Start Planning For a Permanent Pandemic
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Eurex Derivatives Forum Takes a Look At German Blockchain Innovation Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Day One of the Eurex Derivatives Forum, held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, offered a discussion of German developments...
London Metal Exchange’s Overhaul Meets Resistance
First Read ++++ $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Don't miss the Derivatives Forum Frankfurt 2021. It has a whole bunch of different speakers than last week's FIA Boca and is a great perspective on European and global market...
The New Stock Influencers Have Huge—and Devoted—Followings
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) Brian Price ++++ Coinbase Hit With $6.5 Million Fine By CFTC; Market Debut Rumored To Be Delayed Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Digital asset trading platform Coinbase took a $6.5 million hit on Friday when the Commodity Futures...
‘The Market Seems Crazy’: Start-Ups Wrestle With Flood of Offers; Short Bets Build in Treasuries Futures Causing Chaos for Bonds
‘The Market Seems Crazy’: Start-Ups Wrestle With Flood of Offers; Short Bets Build in Treasuries Futures Causing Chaos for Bonds
Penny Stocks Are Booming, Which Is Good News for Swindlers; CFTC Creates Climate Risk Unit to Review Futures, Options
Penny Stocks Are Booming, Which Is Good News for Swindlers; CFTC Creates Climate Risk Unit to Review Futures, Options
Options Solutions Offers Options Strategies that Seek to Boost Income and Lower Risk; Fragmentation in derivatives market top concern post-Brexit for fifth of firms
Options Solutions Offers Options Strategies that Seek to Boost Income and Lower Risk; Fragmentation in derivatives market top concern post-Brexit for fifth of firms
FCA brings money laundering charges against NatWest; Eurex and Korea Exchange expand long-standing cooperation with further Futures
FCA brings money laundering charges against NatWest; Eurex and Korea Exchange expand long-standing cooperation with further Futures
The dawn of Australia’s new futures exchange, FEX Global; Former CME leader Jack Sandner dies at 79
The dawn of Australia’s new futures exchange, FEX Global; Former CME leader Jack Sandner dies at 79
Trader Arrested as WallStreetBets Phenomenon Finds Echo in Japan
First Read $31,376/$300,000 (10.5%) ++++ ++++ Net-Zero Commitment 'Not Concessionary' Amid Climate Transition Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News A slow march toward climate-friendly investments appears to be picking up the pace just as global asset managers,...
Goldman Sachs Unveils $10 Billion Push to Invest in Black Women
First Read $31,376/$300,000 (10.5%) ++++ ++++ BitVol, A "VIX-Like" Volatility Index for Bitcoin, Makes Its First Trade Matt Raebel - John Lothian News The first-ever over-the-counter (OTC) trade of BitVol, the options-fuelled volatility index for bitcoin developed by...
