This week on The Spread – the OCC gives back to the derivatives industry, the CME Group pays hefty fines to the CFTC, Cboe plans for the worst, and more.
Canada
Oil Crash Crushes Individual Investors, Prompts Trading Overhaul; How Wall Street internships are going virtual
Oil Crash Crushes Individual Investors, Prompts Trading Overhaul; How Wall Street internships are going virtual
Fear gauges signal calmer trade as coronavirus deaths slow; JPMorgan Says Slowing U.S. Virus Cases to Put Floor Under Stocks
Observations & Insight The Spread: Make Way for the SA-CCR JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread, the OCC shatters its own records (again), Senator Loeffler sells put options, the SA-CCR is adopted early, and more. Produced by Mike Forrester....
Could shutting exchanges stop the markets rot? SEC chief says ‘markets should continue to function’ but global staffing has been hit by virus
First Read ++++ Ceres Hit Hard By Restaurant Ban Thom Thompson - JLN The popular restaurant in the Chicago Board of Trade's Jackson Street Lobby closed Monday afternoon in response to the Illinois governor's restrictions on restaurants and bars...
Canada prepares for derivatives transparency overhaul
(Marisol Collazo is a Managing Director and U.S. CEO of the DTCC Data Repository) Following the September 2009 commitment by G20 leaders to improve the integrity of the markets, reporting of derivatives trades to trade repositories has become critical to regulatory...
JLN Environmental/Energy: “American Companies Beating Europe to First Commercial CCS Plant”, “Inspecting China’s carbon trading plans”
Bloomberg New Energy Finance says U.S. and Canadian companies likely to beat European rivals in carbon capture and storage. Climate Spectator steps up with an analysis piece comparing China's three main carbon markets. The IEA sets out shale gas 'golden rules' for...
John Lothian Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter

PPP Covid-19 Small-Business Aid Reopens With 60,000 Loans; Japan Inc faces potential forced sell-off of cross-shareholdings
PPP Covid-19 Small-Business Aid Reopens With 60,000 Loans; Japan Inc faces potential forced sell-off of cross-shareholdings
We visit more than 100 websites daily for financial news (Would YOU do that?)
JLN Options Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter

Why everyone is now an options trader; Strategists See Growing Bets on Emerging-Markets Via ETF Options
Why everyone is now an options trader; Strategists See Growing Bets on Emerging-Markets Via ETF Options
Everything you need to know about Options Today