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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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First Read $25,451/$300,000 (8.5%) Ricardo Manrique and Philip Slocum ++++ ++++ Elevated Risk Levels, Volatility Seen Continuing as 2021 Debuts Suzanne Cosgrove and Matt Raebel - John Lothian News The pandemic of 2020 and its associated economic fallout pushed the...
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