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Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up; Deutsche Börse’s new CEO launches housecleaning; EU clearing houses pass second stress test
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Last night's CAIA packed event on cryptocurrency markets featured David Schulz, director, global client services at Cboe Futures Exchange, Michael Groff, managing member at the GCG Fund and Matt Wolf, partner and CEO at Antonym....
The future of futures markets: Exchanges looking to fail fast
Andreas Preuss, deputy CEO, Deutsche Boerse had a show stopper. At the IOMA: World Federation Exchanges conference in Frankfurt on Friday, he said his exchange will have to speed up its business processes exponentially in the next...
High-frequency traders discredit Japanese stock market narratives; Deutsche Boerse expects EU statement of objections to London Stock Exchange merger in second week of December; Virtu calls on US regulator to examine risks of ETFs
First Read Happy Thanksgiving John Lothian News Team Just a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving to all. It's a great time to sit down with friends and family and reflect on the things we are grateful for. We are especially grateful for all of you, our readers,...
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First things first. Have you signed up your interns yet for our Chicago or New York MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series? Today is the day. Go here to sign them up. We have added John Rapa, chief executive officer at Tellefsen and Company, as a speaker...
John Lothian Newsletter: London Stock Exchange wins shareholder support for Deutsche Boerse deal; Costly data battle heats up between traders and equity exchanges; Battle lines drawn over London’s role in euro clearing
First ReadSeeking a win-win outcome after Brexit for financial services; Brexit does not end the UK's dominance of trading and efforts to dismantle it may hurt Europe moreSteve Grob of Fidessa in FTSo, the stark reality of Brexit is setting in much like the feeling...
John Lothian Newsletter: CME Group to launch renminbi futures; RBC Completes World’s First SEC-Registered Covered-Bond Deal; Australia’s Fin Sector Faces Tough New Crisis Rules
CME Group steps up to go head to head with HKEx as it announces new offshore renminbi futures products. Canada’s RBC sells a world-first box of publicly traded, USD-denominated covered bonds. Australia’s APRA regulator may be given additional power to install new...
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How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill? Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people; EU explores tougher curbs on City hedge fund managers
First Read $9,041/$300,000 (3%) How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change By John J. Lothian Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just. We might think of Peak6 as the firm with the...
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If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
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