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The First Microservices-based Clearing System with AI-Capabilities; GameStop Mania Drives Scrutiny of Payments to Online Brokers

by Matt Raebel | Feb 4, 2021

The First Microservices-based Clearing System with AI-Capabilities; GameStop Mania Drives Scrutiny of Payments to Online Brokers

Index Fund Giants Draw Antitrust Scrutiny in U.S. Merger Reviews; Free Trade Is Dead. Long Live Managed Trade

by Matt Raebel | Jan 23, 2020

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Gemini has launched a new educational campaign titled "20 Things to Know About Crypto in 2020." Gemini has generously listed John Lothian News as a news source to learn more about crypto.~JJL Yesterday,...

The index providers are quietly building up enormous powers; The Dog That Didn’t Bark: What Soybean Prices Say About Trade Deal

by Matt Raebel | Jan 20, 2020

First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffToday is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday in the U.S. and JLN will not be publishing its Options Newsletter today. In fact, after JLN goes out, the team has the rest of the day off, or you could say after JLN...

Index funds break through $10tn-in-assets mark amid active exodus; Senator Whose Spouse Runs Major Exchange to Help Oversee Regulator

by Matt Raebel | Jan 8, 2020

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today we have the Open Outcry Traders History Project video interview of Marc Nagel, a former pit trader at the CBOT, but also a lawyer, CPA, derivatives consultant and expert witness. He is also the former head of...

NYSE’s Tech Upgrade Aims to Speed Up Trading; New Yorker running LSE ready to go the distance

by Spencer Doar | Aug 5, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadThe Highest Paid Grip in Chicago and Parts BeyondJohn J. LothianFriday I was the highest paid "grip" in Chicago as I helped drag JLN's video and lighting equipment to the Wrigley...

Chicago firms gear up for MiFID II; EU exchanges clash with customers over fees; South Korea Considers Closing Bitcoin Exchanges

by Spencer Doar | Dec 28, 2017

First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff This is the second to last edition of the John Lothian Newsletter for 2017. Tomorrow we will publish JLN, but not JLN Options or JLN Asia Pacific News.~JJL Eurex's trading calendar for the new year can be found HERE.~JJL There...

Innovation Is the Only Cure for Fragmentation; Deutsche Börse Reveals Three ‘Pillars’ of Its Pervasive Blockchain Integration; Index Funds Still Beat ‘Active’ Portfolio Management

by Jeff Bergstrom | Jun 7, 2017

First Read Cold as ICE: Sprecher asks UK, How much do you love me? In the battle for financial markets in Europe, exchanges would like some more communication about why they should stay in the UK. By Jim Kharouf To hear one exchange leader tell it, UK markets could...