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Cboe wins dismissal of Wall Street ‘fear gauge’ manipulation lawsuit
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffCNN reported that "The continental US just had the wettest 12 months in the 124 years on record." And now you know why CME Group just set a record for...
Leo Melamed Looks Back and Forward in Fireside Chat
Leo Melamed, who fell in love with the trading pits back in the 1960s, says "You can't stop technology" and that anyone who tries to stop it or slow its pace will lose. He was referring, in part, to the "speed bumps" currently being...
Exchanges Face Higher Hurdles in Boosting Data Fees; Deutsche Bank Finds Money Transfer Software Flaw
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Why The Mayor Matters
In 2016, London grabbed global attention by electing Sadiq Khan as mayor, the first British-Pakistani to take the reins of the most powerful financial hub in the world. Yesterday, Chicago broke barriers as well, electing Lori Lightfoot, an African-American, openly gay woman, to take the top job for another global financial hub.
JLN Interviews Renato Mariotti, Democratic Candidate for Attorney General
Democratic Attorney General candidate Renato Mariotti stopped by the John Lothian News offices in the Chicago Board of Trade Building on Tuesday, March 6 for a sit down video interview. He has been a John Lothian Newsletter reader...
Renato Mariotti for Illinois Attorney General: A Former Prosecutor and Current JLN Reader
A Former Prosecutor and Current JLN Reader Is The Best Choice For Illinois AG Democratic Attorney General candidate Renato Mariotti stopped by the John Lothian News offices in the Chicago Board of Trade Building on Tuesday, March 6...
Tax Law Change Means All Cash Grain Traders Are Not Equal, Better Bids or No
Grain market players who are not part of farmer-owned cooperatives are alarmed over the potential impact on grain market origination of the recent changes to the U.S. tax code. In what appears to be an unintended consequence of bad...
How Do You Save the Capital Markets?
Kennedy Looks to Lead Market Revamp Kevin Kennedy is my new hero. The senior vice president and head of equity options, on stage at the Options Industry Conference last week, spoke about taking the lead on a new initiative to change...
My Picks for CFTC and SEC Commissioners
Despite repeated inquiries to knowledgeable industry players, there is little buzz about prospective new CFTC and SEC Commissioners outside of the chairmen. So if there is no buzz, then let’s create some of our own in time for the FIA Boca Raton International...
CFTC Commissioner Bowen Outlines Disruptive Derivatives Developments at Brodsky Family Lecture
The fate of financial regulations, and specifically the Dodd-Frank Act, under the Trump administration is one of the biggest questions facing the industry and investors. CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen addressed that question in a...
The Black Swan – the new symbol of the United States of America
The founders of a information and cyber security advisory firm have written a must read white paper for the futures industry about the business and regulatory challenges of cyber security and how to manage them. VSEC, LLC is an...
What Just Happened?
It was after midnight and the realization that Donald Trump is going to be president of the United States stunned, saddened and angered me. This is what our great country has descended to - a nation of angry white people who...
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