Investors find new hedges against a US election sell-off; Covid-19 Making a Dangerous Comeback in Most Parts of U.S.
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JPMorgan Is Set to Pay $1 Billion in Record Spoofing Penalty; Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks, hit with record $920 million penalty over money laundering scandal
JPMorgan Is Set to Pay $1 Billion in Record Spoofing Penalty; Westpac, one of Australia’s largest banks, hit with record $920 million penalty over money laundering scandal
How to Buy and Sell Options Without Making a Fool of Yourself; Stock Market: Did Options Trading Fuel the Market’s Wild Rally?
How to Buy and Sell Options Without Making a Fool of Yourself; Stock Market: Did Options Trading Fuel the Market’s Wild Rally?
Deutsche Börse acquires a majority in quantitative brokers
First Read Fed's Star Witness in Spoofing Trial Gets Tarnished Under Cross-Examination Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Another day of methodical testimony unfolded in Judge John Tharp's federal courtroom on Wednesday, the second day of testimony in the case of the...
ION-Broadway deal stumbles on UK competition concerns; Covid Still Poses Challenges for Financial System, Fed’s Quarles Says
ION-Broadway deal stumbles on UK competition concerns; Covid Still Poses Challenges for Financial System, Fed’s Quarles Says
Extinction by Algos Threatens Chicago’s Silenced Trading Pits; Wall Street Has Billions to Lose in China From Mounting Tension
First ReadHits & TakesBy John J. LothianTwo friends of JLN have partnered together and yesterday announced a new exchange operator to mainstream digital asset investing and trading. CrossTower Co-founders CEO Kapil Rathi and President Kristin Boggiano,...
Junk bond king’s pardon ‘is spectacular’ for Wall Street; Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason for $4.5 billion
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The FIA released its monthly volume highlights for January 2020, in which global volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.25 billion contracts, up 15.2% from the previous month and up 20.3% from...
Wave Goodbye to Libor. Welcome Its Successor, SOFR
First Read Grayscale wants digital asset regulators and investors to get along Matt Raebel - John Lothian News When you lose your digital assets, there isn't exactly a 1-800 number you can call to seek legal recompense. It's still the Wild West...
Federal spoofing trial of Chicago software developer ends in hung jury
The trial of Jitesh Thakkar for aiding and abetting two instances of spoofing – which were executed by the convicted mega spoofer Navinder Sarao, whom Thakkar never met – ended Tuesday afternoon at about 4:30 when Judge Robert Gettleman dismissed the hopelessly locked jury.
Clearinghouses Push Back Against Worries Over Their Size; Two Sigma rapidly rises to top of quant hedge fund world
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Bad news for Deutsche Boerse as the judge in the insider trading case against Carsten Kengeter declined to approve a settlement that was submitted by prosecutors. As reported by the FT, the case is crippling Deutsche Boerse at...
Deutsche Borse agrees to pay EUR10.5m over CEO insider trading probe
First Read Hits & Takes Students who want to learn about the financial services field are invited to join us at our October 16th MarketsWiki Education Intern Recruiting Event Chicago, where financial services professionals will deliver informative presentations...
Ethereum Co-Founder Says Crypto Coin Market Is a Time-Bomb; Prosecutor offers to drop Deutsche Börse CEO insider trading probe; Singapore traders regain appetite for lunch
First Read Hits and Takes By JLN Staff Today is day two of the Chicago version of MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity at the Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech. We have the largest audience scheduled today for two sessions, one at 1 PM and another at 3...
The Quants Run Wall Street Now; Deutsche Boerse CEO seeks end to insider trading probe; Toyota, Merck Join Ethereum Group to Build Blockchain Network
First Read It's all in the follow through Jim Kharouf, JLN This week, we are continuing our rollout of video interviews from the Options Industry Conference. Today we feature Gina McFadden, the first woman to receive the esteemed Joseph W. Sullivan Options Industry...
Hedge Funds Facing U.S. Criminal Probe Over Bond Valuations; Deutsche Börse expands its offer for start-ups; The Volcker Rule: How Trump’s New Regulator May Unleash Big Banks
First Read Options Industry Conference Update: Congress Continues To Push For Avoiding Unintended Consequences in Tax and Dodd-Frank reforms By Jim Kharouf and Jeff Bergstrom, JLN The 35th Annual Options Industry Conference kicked off on Wednesday with a major focus...
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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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