First Read A High-Speed Trader Gets a Ticket Matthew Philips - Bloomberg In what may be the opening salvo in its war with high-frequency traders, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission just took aim at the 1,000-pound gorilla in the room. In a complaint (pdf) filed...
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James Gellert of Rapid Ratings International Discusses MF Global & Credit Ratings Regulation
James Gellert is Chairman and CEO of Rapid Ratings International, a financial services company that uses a proprietary quantitative system to rate the financial health of corporations and financial institutions. The company’s user-based compensation model offers an...
Tammy Botsford – Penson Futures
Tammy Botsford, vice president and deputy general counsel at Penson Futures, spoke with John Lothian News (JLN) editor-in-chief Jim Kharouf about the Dodd-Frank Act and the current status of the reform process. Botsford also spoke about rule proposals on position...
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First Read $25,451/$300,000 (8.5%) Ricardo Manrique and Philip Slocum ++++ ++++ Elevated Risk Levels, Volatility Seen Continuing as 2021 Debuts Suzanne Cosgrove and Matt Raebel - John Lothian News The pandemic of 2020 and its associated economic fallout pushed the...
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