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Startups Aim to Overhaul Treasury Trading; Ill. lawmakers make case for financial transactions tax
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadThe Small Exchange: Building a new ecosystem for the little fishJim Kharouf, JLNIt's about time this industry got smaller.It's no secret futures markets have been built largely for...
How Many Lives Does This CAT Have Left?
If the old saying holds true, one has to wonder how many lives the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) has left. Yesterday, it was leaked to the WSJ that the contractor hired to build the Consolidated Audit Trail, Thesys Technologies, was fired by...
John Lothian News Sits Down With FIS
John Lothian sat down with John Omahen of FIS Global in the office of John Lothian News to discuss new initiatives at FIS and Omahen’s take on industry issues. During this discussion, Omahen comments on a new FIS margin product and...
Making the time for readiness
According to FIS’ 2018 Readiness Report, industry leaders in fund administration, banking, broking and asset management are modernizing their operating models twice as fast as the rest of their peers. In this video from FIA IDX,...
Finding Opportunity: Peter Lenardos, CFO, Cinnober Says Growth and Profitability Are Coming
Cinnober has built its reputation in the industry as a pioneer and an opportunistic company that looks for new ways to address market needs. So in many ways it was not surprising the firm hired Peter Lenardos as its new CFO two weeks...
Moving Beyond SunGard – Andrew Whyte, FIS
It was summer 2015 when FIS announced it was acquiring SunGard. Nearly three years later, FIS and SunGard are integrated, and according to Andrew Whyte, group president, post trade services at FIS, the firm can now concentrate on...
The Industry Discusses Cryptocurrencies and DLT, Part II
At the 33rd Annual FIA Futures and Options Expo in mid-October, John Lothian News spoke with a variety of industry participants about upcoming milestones and trends in financial markets. This sixth video in the series is the second to cover the booming cryptocurrency...
The Industry Discusses the Big Data Boom, Part I
At the 33rd Annual FIA Futures and Options Expo in mid-October, John Lothian News spoke with a variety of industry participants about upcoming milestones and trends in financial markets. This third video in the series covers the effects and future of the big data boom...
Thesys vs. Goliath: That’s One Big CAT
Small company wins big with opportunity to build the Consolidated Audit Trail covering U.S. equities and options. FINRA, FIS, Cinnober, Thomson Reuters - what do they have in common? They are just a few of the 30 bidders who lost out on developing the Consolidated...
The Solutions To All Your Post-Trade Problems
The post-trade clearing space is full of new entrants and innovation from incumbents. Firms are looking at everything from collateral management to new back office systems to finding new efficiencies to real-time reporting with current back office systems. John...
The Problem With Post-Trade Is…
The post-trade clearing space is full of new entrants and innovation from incumbents. Firms are looking at everything from collateral management to new back office systems to finding new efficiencies to real-time reporting with current back office systems. John...
Futures industry walks to work to support Futures for Kids charity
Industry executives from Washington and Chicago also join their London counterparts Today is the Futures for Kids (FFK) 6th Annual “Walk to Work” , which will see some 70 futures industry executives trek around London before heading to the Finish Line at the Anchor...
A Difference Maker: Post-trade Clearing Tech Now a Differentiator For Firms
If today's markets are traded in milliseconds, why can't post-trade clearing keep up? ION is addressing that with its XTP clearing solution, a near real-time system it has quietly been rolling out since 2015. Last year the product...
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First Read $12,791/$300,000 (4.3%) Leticia Manos, Ray Mckenzie and Nils-Robert Persson ++++ Election 2020: Tight Races Set Stage for Continued Period of Volatility By Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News Here's how the presidential election 2020 is unfolding in its...
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Volatility Markets Flash Signs of Distress After Turbulent Week; Bitcoin Traders Can Now Bet on $40K Price With New Deribit Options
Volatility Markets Flash Signs of Distress After Turbulent Week; Bitcoin Traders Can Now Bet on $40K Price With New Deribit Options
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