Observations & Insight Hawaii Pension Parts Ways With CIO Amy Whyte - Institutional Investor Chief investment officer Vijoy Chattergy is no longer employed with Hawaii's $16 billion state pension fund, where he had served as CIO since 2012, Institutional Investor...
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Wall Street braces for rough ride as exchanges seek more speed bumps; Euronext to move derivatives clearing business from LSE to ICE; Davidson Joins OCC as President and Chief Operating Officer
First Read Finding FinTech On April 27th, the third annual FinTech Exchange 2017 will be held in Chicago. This event, hosted by Barchart, has built itself into an innovative, informative and valuable conference, thanks to the work of Barchart's Mark Haraburda, Colleen...
John Lothian Newsletter: Deutsche Bank to Face British Lawsuit Over High-Speed Trading; Welcome to the Crisis Economy, Where Tumult Reigns; Big Ideas 2016 Chicago looks to boost next-generation financial firms
First Read ++++ Getting Squeezed: Introducing Brokers Numbers Waning, Growth Wanting, Future Questioned New Introducing Broker numbers hit historical low; IB Numbers Shrink 17 percent Since Financial Crisis By John J. Lothian There is a funny story about former MF...
Speed Reader: FIA Europe’s Simon Puleston Jones making his way through MiFID II
EU regulation continues to wind its way through the system. That’s keeping Simon Puleston Jones a busy man. As chief executive of FIA Europe, he’s busy making his way through the EU’s 845-page consultation document that contains 860-plus questions, as part of a...
John Lothian Newsletter: SEC Proposes New Exchange Tests to Curb Computer Breakdowns; Swaps Trade Group Hires Consultant Amid Probe; New clearing rules have already been broken, FCMs say
The SEC proposes a new testing regime to evaluate the ability of exchanges and brokerages to recover from natural and terrorism-related disasters. As regulatory scrutiny of the ISDAfix swap rate increases, the ISDA brings in a consultant to evaluate whether there’s a...
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ETF trading surges on European stock exchanges
First Read $26,851/$300,000 (9.0%) Denise Knabjian ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff The U.S. has surpassed the 25 million Covid-19 infections level, according to data reported Sunday by Johns Hopkins University. JPX has signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU,...
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Tencent’s $251 Billion Rally Triggers Frenzy in Shares, Options; Investor anxiety mounts over prospect of stock market ‘bubble’
Tencent’s $251 Billion Rally Triggers Frenzy in Shares, Options; Investor anxiety mounts over prospect of stock market ‘bubble’
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