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Two Studies on Options Use – Institutional Users and European Demand
Over the past two months, two studies commissioned by the Options Industry Council were released. The studies about the varying uses of options by different market participants were conducted Greenwich Associates and...
The Options Industry Leader Series 2018 – NYSE’s Ivan Brown
In this video from the 36th annual Options Industry Conference (OIC) in Amelia Island, Fla., Ivan Brown, NYSE’s head of options, talks about launching options on the FANG+ index, implementing a complex price improvement auction...
The Options Industry Leader Series 2018 – Cboe’s Andy Lowenthal
In this video from the 36th annual Options Industry Conference (OIC) in Amelia Island, Fla., Andy Lowenthal, Cboe executive vice president and co-head of markets, talks about transitioning Cboe’s exchanges to Bats technology, the...
The Options Industry Leader Series 2018 – BOX’s Ed Boyle
In this video from the 36th annual Options Industry Conference (OIC) in Amelia Island, Fla., Ed Boyle, CEO of BOX, talks about constraints placed on the market making community, forward-starting daily options and options market...
The Options Industry Leader Series 2018 – Nasdaq’s Kevin Kennedy
Video series brought to you by OCC In this video from the 36th annual Options Industry Conference in Amelia Island, Fla., Kevin Kennedy, Nasdaq senior vice president and head of U.S. options, talks about how the industry weathered...
The Dawn of Crypto Regulation
On April 11, 2018, regulators, academics and market users gathered in Washington DC to discuss the issues, challenges and future of regulation for the digital asset space. Titled "Smart Financial Regulation Roundtable:...
New Rules of the Road
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Deep Dive With JLN: How Can The Financial Industry Draw In The Next Generation Of Talent?
Note: Scroll to the bottom to view the video in three smaller segments. The future for the financial markets is bright, even if the headlines don't always say so. John Lothian News' CEO Jim Kharouf sat down with Brian Mehta, chief marketing officer at Trading...
JLN 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...
Shipbuilding: RJ O’Brien Building Business in Tough Times
Gerry Corcoran has seen plenty of ups and downs in almost 30 years at RJ O'Brien & Associates. The key is to be a bit of a contrarian - which means building when others are tearing business units down. The firm, which holds...
We Can Rebuild It: SocGen Prime Services Group Reengineered And Growing
When Societe Generale struck a deal to buy Newedge in its entirety in 2014, some in the industry wondered one simple question — why?Newedge had been on the selling block for years and futures broking and clearing was not, and...
Bite Sized: TD Ameritrade’s FCM Looks for Bigger Slice of Retail Pie
Who says there aren't any retail futures customers out there? Not TD Ameritrade.The online discount brokerage has built a steady book of futures business over the past several years as it looks to grow in the derivatives trading...
Full house: OptionsHouse Set To Grow Futures Business
In an era where some firms are exiting the FCM business, one sees opportunity.OptionsHouse, a long-time securities broker, is also officially a futures commission merchant, making it one of the few new recent entrants in the...
JLN Profiles: Mike Forrester reflects on 50 years of trading at the CBOT
Toledo, Ohio-born Mike Forrester has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade for more than 50 years. He started out at the CBOT as a runner for the old Uhlman Grain Company in 1963 at age 22. He got interested in the markets...
ISE Getting A New Parent
Amid all the talk about mega-deals in the exchange space, Nasdaq has grabbed the latest headlines with a deal to buy the International Securities Exchange, (ISE) for $1.1 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second...