From a flurry of new regulations and rapid changes in market structure to constant updates from exchanges, simple, flexible infrastructure has never been more important in the trading world. John Lothian News spoke with Dan Hubscher of Object Trading on the topic of...
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First Read Options’ Glass is Half Full: Gary Katz Says Industry is Doing WellJohnLothianNews.com Gary Katz, president and CEO of the International Securities Exchange (ISE), has seen the options markets change dramatically since he co-founded the all-electronic...
Compliance Advice on SEC’s Market Access Rule from Julie Dixon of Titan Regulation
Regulating the U.S. financial markets is an increasingly difficult task for the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators. Not only must the commission enforce the rules currently on the books, it must also respond to new crises that may be threatening...
Former SEC Chairman David Ruder Discusses the ‘Flash Crash’ & Dodd-Frank (Part 1 of 2)
Northwestern Law School professor emeritus David Ruder talks to editor/producer Nicole V. Rohr about his experience as SEC chairman during Black Monday in 1987, and also about what stemmed from the subsequent flash crash in May 2010. Ruder was a part of the...
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CME Group to Launch a Global Emissions Offset (GEO) Futures Contract on March 1
First Read $27,051/$300,000 (9.0%) Jeremy Grant ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Janet Yellen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. Treasury Secretary, the first woman to hold the position first occupied by Alexander Hamilton. The vote was 85-14...
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Retail Traders Are Piling Into Viral Options Calls at All-Time High Level
Observations & Insight Sarah Ponczek of Bloomberg News shared on Twitter that 32 million call options traded yesterday, the second most on record, only behind a day last November. Lead Stories Retail Traders Are Piling Into Viral Options Calls at All-Time High...
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