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Wall Street tries to clean up $8tn market for credit derivatives

by Jeff Bergstrom | Mar 14, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read How Chris Giancarlo Helped The Futures Industry Get Its Groove Back Jim Kharouf - JLN Chris Giancarlo will go down as perhaps the most popular regulator in industry history. The...

Top Regulator Worries About Crypto Market Manipulation; CFTC ‘astounded’ as Congress prepares to cut budget

by Spencer Doar | Mar 23, 2018

First Read Congressional CFTC Budget Decision Lacks Vision and Reason John Lothian - JLN A reasonable person could see that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission needs an increase in its budget to address the growing responsibility it has acquired over US...

U.K. Regulator Seeks Brexit Bridge This Year to Avoid Cliff-Edge; Barclays Chairman ‘Confident’ London’s Euro-Clearing Hub Is Safe; Erroneous Stock Prices Spread by Third-Party Vendors, Nasdaq Says

by Jeff Bergstrom | Jul 6, 2017

First Read MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity Top Videos 1. Donald Wilson, DRW Trading Group - Reminiscences (and Prognostications) of a Futures Operator 2. Blair Hull - Getting the Edge: Blackjack and the S&P 500 3. Haim Bodek, Decimus Capital Markets - A...

FCA chair Griffith-Jones to depart March 2018; Market Volatility Has Vanished Around the World; The City should not overpay for a euro-clearing deal

by Jeff Bergstrom | Jun 19, 2017

First Read For The Trader Among Us: Trading Chicago If you haven't registered for the Trading Chicago event on June 29 at the Swissotel in the Windy City, now is the time to do it. We've got a great lineup of panels and speakers with a strong emphasis on the impact of...

IBM Launches Watson for Financial Regulation; Trump’s Wall Street game plan needs players; Dutch Speed-Trader Turns to Currencies After Conquering ETFs

by Spencer Doar | Jun 14, 2017

First Read Bits & Pieces By John J. Lothian Congratulations to our friends in London for raising £30,000 for the inaugural David Setters cricket tournament on behalf of research into MND. Well done! Welcome back to work for Terry Duffy. We hope you are fully...

Trump to nominate ex-NYSE Euronext VP Dawn DeBerry Stump to CFTC; The Riddle of the Wall Street Brain Drain; Derivatives Industry Sends Warning to EU on Brexit Clearing Move

by Spencer Doar | Jun 12, 2017

First Read Bits & Pieces By John J. Lothian This week will see the JLN team back together, though Sarah Rudolph is taking a couple of days off. Jim Kharouf and Mike Forrester returned safely from London after attending IDX. During the week and at the conference,...

FIA Europe’s Simon Puleston Jones Talks Brexit and MiFID II Readiness

by Spencer Doar | Jun 11, 2017

"Will [market participants] be ready for absolutely every part of MiFID II? I suspect, unfortunately, they just won't be because of the sheer volume of regulations that have to be implemented." - Jones January 3, the implementation day for MiFID II, is 204 days...

How Can We Extend the Success of the VIX to the Whole Equity Options Market?; Investors Aren’t As In Love With Stocks As You Might Think; OPEC set to prolong oil output cuts by nine months

by Spencer Doar | May 23, 2017

Lead Stories How Can We Extend the Success of the VIX to the Whole Equity Options Market? Timothy Klassen, Volar Technologies LLC - TabbForum The introduction of the new VIX in late 2003 led to the eventual explosion of trading volumes in VIX futures and options....

Government enforcers take aim at compliance officers; Euronext to acquire FastMatch and expand into global FX markets; KCG Said to Eliminate 10% of Staff, Shut Two Offices in Asia

by Spencer Doar | May 23, 2017

First Read Ride For Beth Jan Bart de Boer, Chief Commercial Officer ABN AMRO Clearing We are raising money to fund research to help the daughter of our European Chief Commercial Officer, James Egan. James Egan is a very well known and respected person in the Futures...

The Quants Run Wall Street Now; Deutsche Boerse CEO seeks end to insider trading probe; Toyota, Merck Join Ethereum Group to Build Blockchain Network

by Spencer Doar | May 22, 2017

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...

China’s Big Derivatives Push Aims at Global Pricing Power; OCC News – May 2017; Euronext expects London to lose euro clearing after Brexit

by Spencer Doar | May 19, 2017

Observations & Insight Liquidity Providers Unduly Penalized By Capital Rules: CTC's Crutchfield JohnLothianNews.com What's a market maker to do when it can't warehouse risk? The options industry has a problem with bank capital rules. In this JLN video, Steve...

VIX Surge Is Unwelcome Lesson in Duplicity of Volatility Wagers; The Volatility Buyer Known as ’50 Cent’ Just Had a Huge Payday; Don’t Fear The Fear Gauge

by Spencer Doar | May 18, 2017

Observations & Insight CBOE Celebrates Exit of Long-tenured Employees at Chicago Gala By John J. Lothian The CBOE held a gala event at the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier in Chicago last night to celebrate the long and successful careers of several key employees...

Nasdaq’s Blueprint for a New Era of Trading; Revitalizing the Capital Markets; Managed-Futures Fund Launches In Q1 2017

by Spencer Doar | May 5, 2017

First Read So You Want Data? Julie Armstrong Menacho Says CME Is Transforming Data JohnLothianNews.com Every exchange is looking at new ways to store, package and provide data to end users. CME's Julie Armstrong Menacho said the exchange is creating platforms for the...

LSE fires back at EU plot to seize euro-clearing; Jay Clayton Confirmed as SEC Chairman; CFA Institute mulls adding ‘big data’ to financial analyst exam

by Spencer Doar | May 3, 2017

First Read FinTech Exchange: Haraburda Says Alternative Data the Next Step JohnLothianNews.com How big is your data set? Mark Haraburda, CEO of Barchart, which hosted the FinTech Exchange 2017 conference last month, said the data space is quickly expanding and...