financial markets

More Cloud, More Services – Lars Ottersgård, Nasdaq

by Spencer Doar | Apr 16, 2019

Nasdaq has been in the process of migrating all of its technology into one holistic tech stack called the Nasdaq Financial Framework. In this video, Nasdaq’s Executive Vice President and Head of Market Technology Lars Ottersgård provides an...

Deep Dive With JLN: How Can The Financial Industry Draw In The Next Generation Of Talent?

by Jim Kharouf | Oct 17, 2017

Note: Scroll to the bottom to view the video in three smaller segments. The future for the financial markets is bright, even if the headlines don't always say so. John Lothian News' CEO Jim Kharouf sat down with Brian Mehta, chief marketing officer at Trading...

JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrade – Seeing Opportunity Everywhere in the Market

by Spencer Doar | Sep 8, 2016

“I don’t care what job you have, I don’t care where you are at, you basically hate 25 percent of what you do. Twenty-five percent of your job you’d probably do for free. It’s fun, it’s great, it’s why you get up in the morning. So, now you have a challenge — the 50...

Christian Domin, GlenStar Properties – Value Investing: Office Space and Associated Risks

by Jeff Bergstrom | Aug 2, 2016

"When you're first starting out, you want to keep your lease as short-term as possible and mitigate the risk. If there is a regulatory change, a change in your small, three-person partnership, or any other change, you're going to be stuck." Most financial...

Mark Spanbroek, European Principal Traders Association – Financial Markets 2.0

by JLN Staff | Nov 30, 2015

"What trading is really about is finding an algorithmic, or systematic way, to analyze the market. And this is done with data."Mark Spanbroek's trading career spanned the transition from the old world of trading pits to the new world of algorithms. He now serves as...

Adrienne Seaman, CME Group – Legal Aspects of a Career in Futures

by JLN Staff | Nov 23, 2015

"Technology is at the heart of our business, particularly in these electronic days, so having a lawyer who can do financial services and technology without going white and feeling sick makes a lot of sense."In 2008, Adrienne Seaman was looking for a change, for fear...

East and West: CME’s Gill Looks For Growth in Asia and Europe

by JLN Staff | Mar 25, 2015

Forget the doom and gloom of years past in the markets. CME Group had a great year in 2014, even with the ongoing headwinds from the Fed's ongoing freeze on interest rates and more regulation hitting the market-base, said Phupinder Gill, CME's CEO, at the FIA Boca...

Fintech Exchange 2015: A Chicago Story

by JLN Staff | Mar 5, 2015

Fintech is more than just a buzzword. Fintech is a movement - a global, top to bottom overhaul of financial systems, from consumer transactions at the grocery store to speed of light derivatives trades, to multi-billion dollar interbank payments. And on April 23,...

The Case for the Defense: Steve Grob Says the World Needs the Financial Markets

by JLN Staff | Nov 6, 2014

Financial markets have taken a beating by legislators, regulators and in the press over the past several years. But Steve Grob of director of group strategy for Fidessa Group, says that much of the criticism is unfounded. Jim Kharouf, editor-in-chief of John Lothian...

Tim McDermott, CEO, NADEX – You Can’t Google Map Your Career

by JLN Staff | Oct 16, 2014

"You will find that your career will be all about change." Tim McDermott, CEO of NADEX, gives an illustration of the winding road he followed throughout his career. Beginning with his time as a lawyer working for a law firm, McDermott began to take on numerous cases...

Donald Wilson, CEO of DRW Trading Group – Reminiscences (and Prognostications) of a Futures Operator

by JLN Staff | Oct 8, 2014

"My focus was on combining the disciplines of trading and risk management with quantitative research and computer science." Donald Wilson, CEO of DRW Trading Group, gives his story of how he found his way into the financial industry, starting with his realization that...