From Bernie Dan: My good friend and colleague for 35 years, Peter C. Wind, suddenly passed away on Saturday October 24, 2020. My thoughts and prayers are with Peter’s family, especially his beautiful wife Stephanie, during this difficult time.
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The Curious Case of Our Regulatory Environment (Part II), or Why the Earth Isn’t Flat.
Two years ago I wrote about the Commodity Futures Trading Commission enforcement action against Don Wilson and his company DRW Investments alleging price manipulation in certain financial instruments.
Other Voices: An Open Letter on Bitcoin Futures
A lot of ink has been spilled over bitcoin and its variants. Lately, the conversation seems to be focused on whether trading bitcoin futures is a good idea. For what it's worth, my view is that it isn’t a good idea – it’s a great...
The Industry Discusses Potential Changes to Dodd-Frank
At the 33rd Annual FIA Futures and Options Expo in mid-October, John Lothian News spoke with a variety of industry participants about upcoming milestones and trends in financial markets. This seventh and final video in the series...
The Industry Discusses Cryptocurrencies and DLT, Part II
At the 33rd Annual FIA Futures and Options Expo in mid-October, John Lothian News spoke with a variety of industry participants about upcoming milestones and trends in financial markets. This sixth video in the series is the second to cover the booming cryptocurrency...
Brexit: The View from the Windy City
On June 23 of this year, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum to decide whether to exit the European Union. The vote has all of the hallmarks of a decisive, or potentially divisive, event. As students of history may know, on June 23, 1532 (which incidentally was...
John Lothian Newsletter: Professor to Wall Street: You’re Doing Swaps Accounting Wrong; SEC urged to beef up trading safeguards; Nasdaq Just Took a Step Toward Challenging the Flash Boys Bourse
First Read BlockChain, BlockChain Wherefore Art Thou? (Progress, that's wherefore!) Carl Gilmore, President, Integritas Financial Consulting There has been a lot of ink spilled lately about bitcoin and the underlying technology, blockchain, that makes digital...
John Lothian Newsletter: Manipulation or Brilliant Trade? The Curious Case of Don Wilson; Deutsche Boerse reshuffles Eurex leadership; A reason for the ‘Fear Gauge’ to be afraid?
First Read "You can always tell the pioneers by the arrows in their back" Carl Gilmore, President, Integritas Financial Consulting That venerable quote, originally anonymous, was mentioned by our own John Lothian at the Executive Club of Chicago breakfast yesterday...
John Lothian Newsletter: LSE’s Derivatives Market to Launch Despite Talks With Rival; Exchange consolidation puts clearing house risk in the spotlight; U.S. watchdog to probe Fed’s lax oversight of Wall Street
First Read 2016 and Counting... Carl Gilmore, President, Integritas Financial Consulting Good morning John Lothian Newsletter readers! It is good to be back as the guest editor for the week, and I want to thank my friends at JLN for the opportunity. For those of you...
John Lothian: Spoofing Went Mainstream in 2015; Deutsche Bank Tally of Suspect Russia Trades at $10 Billion; SEC Appeals Process on the Slow Track
First Read Strength In Smaller Numbers Jim Kharouf - John Lothian News President & Editor-in-Chief Back in the mid- to late 1990s, I used to head up the most read edition of the year for Futures Magazine, called the Top 40 Brokers issue. We highlighted the Top 40...
John Lothian Newsletter: Libor Oversight Chief Was Forced Out; Nasdaq NFX passes key trading milestone; FCM client clearing numbers in steep decline
First Read WSJ overhauls Money & Investing team Talking Biz News There are a lot of changes underway at the Money & Investing team and I wanted to share them with you. The moves are intended to make our coverage more analytical, impactful, and timely, while...
It Ain’t Broke, but We Fixed it Anyway: A Letter to the Editor
Dear Sirs,Last week in this column, Jim Kharouf, one of my friends in the industry, referred to the “broken” FCM model. Having had a front row seat to the travails of operating an FCM over the past 10 years, I take exception to the word “broken.” While the FCM model...
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Get ready for ‘reflation and reopening’ stock-market trade to kick into high gear; Hedge fund assets hit record $3.8 trillion in first quarter
Get ready for ‘reflation and reopening’ stock-market trade to kick into high gear; Hedge fund assets hit record $3.8 trillion in first quarter
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