“A market without information doesn’t trade, doesn’t move anywhere. It’s illiquid. Nothing happens and everybody goes away — [that’s] the last thing anyone wants. So information ends up being the most critical thing of all.” Philip Stafford of the Financial Times is...
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John Lothian Newsletter: Market calls for US and Europe to end derivatives dispute; U.S. gives antitrust approval to Nikkei’s purchase of Financial Times; LSEG and Boat Services to build MiFID II Trade Reporting solution
First Read A Complicated Relationship By John J. Lothian Patrick Young is headed back to the Bürgenstock Conference of the Swiss Futures & Options Association for the first time in several years to host a rerun of the "Crossfire" panel he once popularized. He is...
Scooped: What The Nikkei Deal Means For The Derivatives Industry
Nikkei got the scoop of the year. It purchased the Financial Times at the 11th hour from FT parent Pearson for £844 million ($1.3 billion).The big surprise was that Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing's Charles Li, CEO and former journalist, didn't buy it, a seeming...
John Lothian Newsletter: Nasdaq Launches ‘NFX’ to Trade Energy Derivatives; Deutsche Boerse, CME final bidders for FX platform 360T; CFTC plans more scrutiny over algorithmic trading
First Read Scooped: What The Nikkei Deal Means For The Derivatives Industry Jim Kharouf - John Lothian News Nikkei got the scoop of the year. It purchased the Financial Times at the 11th hour from FT parent Pearson for £844 million ($1.3 billion). The big surprise was...
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China’s Inexorable Rise to Superpower Is History Repeating Itself
First Read $9,241/$300,000 (3.1%) Monica Mulvihill ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff The women of WILD are holding an online auction and spooky trivia event to support their "Next Generation Women in Finance Scholarship FUNraiser." The auction started on October 16 and...
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VIX Hits Seven-Week High Even as Bets Jump on Post-Election Calm; Covid Fear Is Back and Driving Markets Again
VIX Hits Seven-Week High Even as Bets Jump on Post-Election Calm; Covid Fear Is Back and Driving Markets Again
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