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Patrick Birley, obituary

Patrick Birley, obituary

Patrick Birley, the former CEO of NEX Exchange, LCH.Clearnet, the Climate Exchange and SAFEX and devoted father to his three daughters, passed away on 25 October.

Patrick’s career in finance spanned more than 30 years and established him as one of the industry’s great innovators, pioneering the development of electronic trading and carbon credits.

John Lothian Profiles: A Look Back with Steve Staszak

John Lothian Profiles: A Look Back with Steve Staszak

Former CME Group Director of Clearing Operations Reflects on a Career that Spanned the Modern Futures Trading Era Steve Staszak recently retired from the CME Group, where he was director of clearing operations. Staszak began his career at the old CME Building on...

John Lothian Profiles: Ralf Roth – Market Structure Matters

John Lothian Profiles: Ralf Roth – Market Structure Matters

https://vimeo.com/280622111 Ralf Roth got his start in 1994 at Deutsche Bank as a junior fixed income analyst. Starting at the bottom and working his way up, Roth occupied various roles in equities and prime broking before eventually becoming the global head of equity...

John Lothian Profiles: Bob Otter – 40 Years in Futures

John Lothian Profiles: Bob Otter – 40 Years in Futures

From humble beginnings as a runner during high school, Bob Otter became a futures industry tale of success. He told John Lothian News about what was lost and what was gained when exchanges went all electronic, as well as the lessons he learned. His career began the...

John Lothian Profiles: Tom Kadlec

John Lothian Profiles: Tom Kadlec

From regulation to technology to the revenue structure, futures commission merchants have experienced drastic changes over the last 30 years, as Tom Kadlec, CEO of ADM Investor Services, knows full well. In this John Lothian Profiles...

John Lothian Profiles: Blair Hull

John Lothian Profiles: Blair Hull

It's not every day you hear one of the most successful traders and businessmen in the industry say he got his start as a card counter in blackjack."My brother-in-law told me that he made money in Lake Tahoe, enough money to pay for...

John Lothian Profiles: Lee Stern

John Lothian Profiles: Lee Stern

Lee Stern has seen it all in his career - the highs of great markets and the lows of market scandal. After completing his military service in 1947, Stern enrolled in Roosevelt College and then found his way to the Chicago Board of...

John Lothian Profiles: Neal Kottke

John Lothian Profiles: Neal Kottke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BESH_tfCDE Neal Kottke, chairman of Kottke Associates in Chicago, is one of those industry veterans who has done it all in his career, from the commercial side to clearing, to starting his own clearing firm to proprietary...

John Lothian Profiles: Tom Cashman

John Lothian Profiles: Tom Cashman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBJLih0yG_E Tom Cashman, a member of an iconic Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) family, is a pit trader, exchange trading floor broker and 50-year member of the exchange. Tom Cashman's contributions to the CBOT governance are...

Gold Bars and Tokyo Apartments: How Money Is Flowing Out of China

Gold Bars and Tokyo Apartments: How Money Is Flowing Out of China

First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today is GivingTuesday. According to the official GivingTuesday website, "GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good." I encourage you to make a donation to your...

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Observations & Insight Nasdaq's Kevin Kennedy Discusses GEMX Launch on AWS Cloud, Highlights Latency Improvements and Future Cloud Migration Plans JohnLothianNews.com Nasdaq has been moving its markets to the cloud, and it recently announced GEMX had moved to its...

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