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Richard Sandor Makes History With Financial Futures – John Lothian News
Richard Sandor is known as the “father of financial futures,” a name given to him by the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Board of Trade for his work in helping to create 30-Year Treasury bond futures and many other financial contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade...
Trading Technologies Announces Matching Program to Benefit GoFundMe Campaign for MarketsWiki Education Video Series and John Lothian News
As a pioneer of electronic trading, we at Trading Technologies value our industry’s rich history. We recognize the need to preserve our legacies and lessons to broadly educate and inspire those to come. This is what John Lothian News is doing through the Open Outcry...
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GameStop and Bitcoin Renewed a Push to Digitize the Stock Market
First Read $34,126/$300,000 (11.4%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff There is a new Van Gogh exhibit in New York billed as Van Gogh - The Immersive Experience. The site of this exhibit is the former trading floor of the NYMEX. The NYMEX trading floor...
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CME Group Inc. said it will launch a futures contract for lithium, seeking to capitalize on growing demand for the metal, which helps to power electric vehicles. Trading is planned to begin May 3.
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SGX’s CEO Talks With John Lothian News
John Lothian News interviewed Singapore Exchange CEO Loh Boon Chye over Zoom in Singapore after the FIA Boca-V conference. Boon Chye talked about SGX, its new products and marketing during the pandemic.
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: MARCH 29-2, 2021
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Billy Assimos (MarketsWiki) Billy Assimos is a Chicago-based former trader and retired restaurant manager who was the manager at Ceres Cafe in the Chicago Board of Trade Building for 26 years. He was a member of the Chicago Board of...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 3/29/2021
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
The Richness of Giving – A John Lothian Commentary from 2012 – This is John Lothian
The following is a commentary written in 2012 for the John Lothian Newsletter titled "The Richness of Giving." It is produced here as podcast. Last week, the last thing I did before taking off for Florida on vacation was to speak at the memorial service for my friend...
The Spread: Tiger Billionaire
This week on The Spread, the unregulated crypto exchange Deribit announces a bitcoin volatility index, the CME says over 1 million micro e-mini equity options contracts traded, and more.
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GameStop and Bitcoin Renewed a Push to Digitize the Stock Market
First Read $34,126/$300,000 (11.4%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff There is a new Van Gogh exhibit in New York billed as Van Gogh - The Immersive Experience. The site of this exhibit is the former trading floor of the NYMEX. The NYMEX trading floor...
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THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES EPISODE: GAME CHANGERS, PART II
JLN Options Newsletter
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Big $40 million options trade bets on near-term stock market tumble; London Whale lessons for Credit Suisse and Nomura
Big $40 million options trade bets on near-term stock market tumble; London Whale lessons for Credit Suisse and Nomura
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John Lothian News Daily Update
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
Eurex Derivatives Forum: Fixed Income Looks For a Recipe For ESG Success
Sustainable investments are new by most measures. This is especially true in the fixed-income sector, where ESG products are in their infancy and clients tend to be more conservative investors, according to members of a panel who addressed the issue on Wednesday at the Eurex Derivatives Forum.
The Spread: Boca On-Demand
This week on The Spread, FIA hosts a virtual version of Boca, Bill Brodsky and Steven Sears start an options-focused asset management firm, and more.
Eurex Derivatives Forum Takes a Look At German Blockchain Innovation
Day One of the Eurex Derivatives Forum, held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, offered a discussion of German developments in blockchain innovation. Germany has implemented not only detailed legislation on custody of cryptocurrencies and digital assets but has also recently adopted a law allowing electronic issuance of securities, including on blockchain.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 18: Building a Better Mousetrap (David Olsson, BlockFi)
David Olsson, Global Head of Distribution at BlockFi, discusses how BlockFi is striving to become the “global crypto bank of the future.”
Coinbase Hit With $6.5 Million Fine By CFTC; Market Debut Rumored To Be Delayed
Digital asset trading platform Coinbase took a $6.5 million hit on Friday when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had settled charges against the firm. The agency charged Coinbase with “reckless false, misleading, or inaccurate reporting as well as wash trading.”
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 3/15/2021
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
FIA Boca-V: Closing Ceremony Honors Outstanding Figures and Remembers the Lost
FIA Boca-V 2021 wrapped up with FIA CEO Walt Lukken thanking attendees and welcoming 2021’s inductees into the Futures Industry Hall of Fame.
FIA Boca-V: Exchange Leaders, Market Makers Weigh In On Sustainability
It’s hard to argue against the merits of sustainability, but making it into investable products is a work in progress among members of the financial community.
FIA BOCA-V: Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi Bookends Boca with Inspiring Personal Story
The FIA Boca-V conference saw a slight deviation in form with its final keynote speaker on the topic of sustainability. Instead of an extended Q&A or a roundtable discussion among many panelists seen in sessions from previous days, FIA CEO Walt Lukken gave the floor to renowned astrophysicist and former space science education lead at NASA, Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, to tell his life story.
FIA Boca-V: Acting Chairman Behnam Looks For Expedience and Patience in CFTC’s Climate Change Response
In a one-on-one discussion with FIA President Walt Lukken on Thursday, Acting CFTC Rostin Behnam talked about the commission’s new Climate Risk Unit, saying the unit will let the commission pivot its attention away from the broader concerns about the effects of climate change on financial markets raised in last year’s report from the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee to a focus on derivatives’ role in smoothing the transition to zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 18: Building a Better Mousetrap (David Olsson, BlockFi)
David Olsson, Global Head of Distribution at BlockFi, discusses how BlockFi is striving to become the “global crypto bank of the future.”
Coinbase Hit With $6.5 Million Fine By CFTC; Market Debut Rumored To Be Delayed
Digital asset trading platform Coinbase took a $6.5 million hit on Friday when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had settled charges against the firm. The agency charged Coinbase with “reckless false, misleading, or inaccurate reporting as well as wash trading.”
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 3/15/2021
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
FIA Boca-V: Closing Ceremony Honors Outstanding Figures and Remembers the Lost
FIA Boca-V 2021 wrapped up with FIA CEO Walt Lukken thanking attendees and welcoming 2021’s inductees into the Futures Industry Hall of Fame.
FIA Boca-V: Exchange Leaders, Market Makers Weigh In On Sustainability
It’s hard to argue against the merits of sustainability, but making it into investable products is a work in progress among members of the financial community.
FIA BOCA-V: Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi Bookends Boca with Inspiring Personal Story
The FIA Boca-V conference saw a slight deviation in form with its final keynote speaker on the topic of sustainability. Instead of an extended Q&A or a roundtable discussion among many panelists seen in sessions from previous days, FIA CEO Walt Lukken gave the floor to renowned astrophysicist and former space science education lead at NASA, Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, to tell his life story.
FIA Boca-V: Acting Chairman Behnam Looks For Expedience and Patience in CFTC’s Climate Change Response
In a one-on-one discussion with FIA President Walt Lukken on Thursday, Acting CFTC Rostin Behnam talked about the commission’s new Climate Risk Unit, saying the unit will let the commission pivot its attention away from the broader concerns about the effects of climate change on financial markets raised in last year’s report from the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee to a focus on derivatives’ role in smoothing the transition to zero carbon emissions by 2050.
FIA Boca-V: In the Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Rana Foroohar, global economic analyst and Financial Times columnist, gave a fascinating presentation to FIA Boca on Wednesday on surveillance capitalism that melded finance with global politics and foreign affairs as well as some history, current events and a little...
FIA Boca-V: Global Exchange Leaders – Fintech
As part of a series of presentations at FIA Boca on Wednesday, exchange leaders weighed in on fintech. Kicking off the discussion, Terry Duffy, chairman and chief executive officer of CME Group, noted that the cost of technology at the exchanges is substantial and...
FIA Boca-V: An Upbeat Panel Says Good-Bye to ‘Innovation Theater’
A practically ebullient panel provided enormously incisive and positive remarks during the “Technology – Changing How Markets Operate” panel at FIA Boca-V on Wednesday.
FIA Boca-V: Google’s Financial Services VP a ‘Kid in the Candy Store’
Financial institutions are great at collecting data, but they actually utilize less than 1 percent of what they have in-house, said Google executive Derek White. That’s a strong use case for enlisting cloud technology’s help clean and connect that data to the players in a market’s ecosystem.
FIA Boca-V: Crypto Goes Mainstream at Boca, Day 2
The second day of FIA Boca-V was reserved mainly for discussions focused on one of the most disruptive pieces of financial technology shaking up the markets today. I’m not talking about smartphone apps that let you make options bets based on nihilistic posts you read on Reddit – I’m talking about cryptocurrency.
FIA Boca-V: Eurex To List Futures Tied to German Bitcoin ETN
Eurex CEO Michael Peters on Wednesday told this year’s FIA Boca-V attendees that Eurex will launch a futures contract on a bitcoin ETN, an instrument that trades on Deutsche Boerse’s Xetra platform. Peters nodded to the example of other Eurex derivatives based on ETNs, mentioning specifically its gold ETN futures, but offering no launch date or other details on the bitcoin product.
FIA: Walt Lukken Kicks Off Boca-V From His Washington, D.C., Office
Walt Lukken kicked off the FIA Boca-V conference, not from a stage in Boca Raton, Florida, but from his office in Washington, D.C. He was dressed in a dark jacket and pink tie. Normally, we are surrounded by pink at the 95-year-old Boca Resort. His opening remarks...
FIA Boca-V: Global Exchange Leaders on Markets: Access and Regulatory Issues
The global leaders panel of FIA Boca-V has been broken into three parts this week: trends, access and regulatory issues and geopolitics. The access and regulatory issues discussed on Tuesday focused on growth opportunities and questions about retail traders using social media sites like Reddit to compete against institutions.
FIA Boca-V: Exchange Leaders Share Views On Crucial Trends Facing the Markets in 2021
“Global Exchange Leaders on Markets: Trends” was a session during FIA Boca-V that was stacked with top-level executives from some of the biggest exchanges in the industry. Appropriately, it was one of the first sessions that took place on Day One of the virtual conference — it’s always good to start these things off with a bang.
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