Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said Tuesday that while the story of 2020 has been one of uncertainty, beginning in March with the pandemic and continuing with the U.S. presidential elections, she was proud of the way the exchange industry has risen to the challenge....
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Here’s how the presidential election 2020 is unfolding in its final days: A massive early voter turnout is outpacing that of 2016, an estimated 11 million more Democrats than Republicans have requested mail-in ballots, and both President Donald Trump and former Vice...
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The LaSalle Street Trading Tech Awards, in support of Pathway to Adventure Council of Boy Scouts of America, will be on November 15 in the...
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," wrote English cleric and writer Charles Caleb Colton. The NYSE and Nasdaq have flattered each other plenty over the years as they competed globally in the exchange and OTC market space....
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The FIA's volume release today revealed global futures and options volumes in 2017 were flat, with 25.1 billion contracts traded. Options volumes were up 11 percent and futures volumes slipped 6.6 percent. The top exchange by...
Lead Stories 50 Cent Isn't the Only One Seeking Big Protection in VIX Options Luke Kawa - Bloomberg '50 Cent' has company in his quest to protect from market turmoil. Even as the CBOE Volatility Index sits at historically low levels below 10, an institutional investor...
Nasdaq opened a new chapter in 2016 when 13-year-tenured CEO Bob Greifeld retired, handing the reins to longtime executive Adena Friedman. Friedman became CEO of the exchange group in November, but that was far from the only big move made by the company last year....
First Read Trump Preparing to Nominate Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Giancarlo as Chair; The former brokerage executive is currently serving as acting chairman Andrew Ackerman - WSJ The Trump administration is preparing to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo as...
First Read Bits & Pieces From Washington By Jim Kharouf, JLN The farewell party for former CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad was well attended yesterday, with past commissioners, Mark Wetjen (now at DTCC) and Sharon Brown-Hruska (Trump landing team on derivatives) and...
There was another historic election this month, this one at the World Federation of Exchanges’ annual meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. The WFE elected the first female chair in its 56-year history. Chitra Ramkrishna, managing director and CEO of the National Stock...
Observations & Insight 2016 Could Be The Year Of The CEO By Jim Kharouf, JLN Editor-in-Chief Forget the Chinese New Year plunge, Brexit, The Donald or even the Cubs. This is also shaping up as the year of the new CEO, with exchanges and clearinghouses especially,...
First Read 2016 Could Be The Year Of The CEO By Jim Kharouf, JLN Editor-in-Chief Forget the Chinese New Year plunge, Brexit, The Donald or even the Cubs. This is also shaping up as the year of the new CEO, with exchanges and clearinghouses especially, in moves that...
Observations & Insight A Basel netting issue: Pushing for less burdensome capital requirements in the options market Spencer Doar - JLN The unintended consequences of financial regulation have been seeping into the markets since the first rule was made in the wake...
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