First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Since I will not be at the final day of MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity on August 2, the JLN team will take turns introducing the speakers that day. Sarah Rudolph, Spencer Doar, Jeff...
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London loses oil futures listings as Mifid bites; Wall Street Is Claiming Tax-Cut Bounty; South Korea plans to ban cryptocurrency trading
First Read A Grateful Scouter with a Big Silvery Beaver-Like Smile By John Lothian I was informed late last night that I am to be recognized for my contributions to Scouting with a Silver Beaver Award on behalf of Pathway to Adventure Council of the Boy Scouts of...
John Lothian Newsletter: CFTC, SEC Inch Closer to Full Strength With Nominations Moves; Intercontinental Exchange – Cybersecurity, economic volatility and political uncertainty top list of concerns for corporate boards in 2016; Nasdaq could be next after LSE deal, says Credit Suisse
First Read Looking Ahead Don Wilson, CEO, DRW Holdings, this week's guest editor As we close the week, I'll pick back up on ideas I shared in Monday's newsletter. Regulation designed to reduce the risk of another financial crisis is being phased in. I would summarize...
John Lothian Newsletter: More Dark Pool Investigations Under Way, Says New York’s Top Cop; ISE Mercury to Launch on February 16, 2016; Barclays reshuffles US derivatives leadership
First Read Nonbank Runs - A Flight of the Fancy Doug Ashburn - JLN "Potter's not selling; Potter's buying. Why? Because we're panicking and he's not!" - George Bailey We all remember the scene in "It's a Wonderful Life when James Stewart (as George Bailey) tries to...
John Lothian Newsletter: China suspends market circuit breaker mechanism; Wall Street to Get Graded on How Much Spoofing It’s Facilitating; Dark trading: The right balance
First Read Yesterday's Top Clicks Our top read link yesterday was the, MarketsWiki Education Job board, a collection of job openings from the top exchanges and firms in the industry. The second most read item was Career Opportunities at Deutsche Boerse Group, which is...
John Lothian Newsletter: Exchanges and interdealer brokers reshape to face fragmenting market; ICE Futures Singapore Launches with Commodity and FX Contracts Serving Asian Markets; GMEX’s CMF granted CFTC approval
First Read Boy Scouts Search for a New Path; Now is not the time for the Boy Scouts of America to recede from its long-standing national role. By MICHAEL S. MALONE - WSJ Having passed through the controversy over its acceptance of gay members in 2013 and gay leaders...
Vision Statement: Fidessa Looking At Realtime and Predictive Analytics and Cybersecurity
The financial technology space is always moving and aiming at moving targets. Justin Llewellyn-Jones COO and global head of derivatives for Fidessa, said firms now are facing broader and deeper technology challenges than ever, from real time order analytics to new...
John Lothian Newsletter: NYSE Plan Would Revamp Trading; Dark Pools in Spotlight as Europe Moves to Fortify Market; BGC Boosts Takeover Offer 3.8% for Interdealer Broker GFI
First Read SEFCON Snapshot 2014, Part II: Cross-Border Issues JohnLothianNews.com The WMBA Americas hosted SEFCON V on November 12, 2014, and John Lothian News was there. We interviewed 14 SEF operators, regulators and participants and put together this three part...
John Lothian Newsletter: Obama Said to Trim Budget Request for Struggling Swaps Regulator; Toronto SE keen on partnering with BSE; Lawmakers Debate Dark Pools at Hearing
First Read The A,B,C’s: Ian Morley’s Tips for Emerging Managers JohnLothianNews.com Emerging managers have always faced challenges getting their firms off the ground. From establishing a track record to building the infrastructure needed to grow, firms are now faced...
John Lothian Newsletter: The year dark trading surged; Abenomics Drives Japan Hedge Funds to Worlds Top Performers; Optiver appoints new CEO
First Read Ideas adjust to new ‘facts’ of finance - FT.com Gillian Tett Eight decades ago, economist John Maynard Keynes reputedly remarked: “When the facts change, I change my mind; what do you do sir?” Investors might do well to consider that question as, looking...
John Lothian Newsletter: 'Long and Arduous Process' to Ban a Single Wall Street Activity; Nasdaq plans dark pool for U.S. Treasuries; Hedge funds attract billions in new money
First Read 'Long and Arduous Process' to Ban a Single Wall Street Activity PETER EAVIS - NYTimes.com At 6 feet 7 inches, Paul A. Volcker struck an imposing figure as chairman of the Federal Reserve during the economically turbulent 1980s. But the banking rule named...
John Lothian Newsletter: Nasdaq’s NLX Grabs Market Share Amid Liffe Shift to ICE; NYSE Builds a Dark Pool; Penny Pricing for U.S. Stocks Said to Get Scrutinized
First Read CFTC’s Scott O’Malia Calls for a Plan of Action on Swap Data JohnLothianNews.com New Dodd-Frank rules have allowed regulators their first look into swap data repositories, but the quality of swap data is not always up to par. In fact, it has been called “a...
John Lothian Newsletter: Europe deal will cap ‘dark pools’ trading; EU securities watchdog to keep out of Euronext debate; Bloomberg kicks off electronic MAC swaps trading
First Read Dear JLN Readers, Happy Friday! Where did the week go? Today is SGX’s last day as guest-editor for the newsletter. It has been fun (too much fun for Mike) and something new for us. 2013 is almost coming to a close but there is never a dull moment in our...
John Lothian Newsletter: Fierce battle erupts over dark pools; LME Board Approves Warehouse Policy Changes; U.S. speed-trader Don Wilson and firm charged with price rigging
First Read AlphaMetrix denies wrongdoing in CFTC lawsuit Michael McFarlin - Futures Magazine As AlphaMetrix closes its trading operations, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed charges against the firm earlier this week alleging it had violated the Commodity...
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