First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffThe Justice Department has ended the investigation into the stock trades of three U.S. Senators, including Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, the New York Times reportedA former Commodity News Service colleague of Suzanne...
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff The world hit one million confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. The US saw cases hit almost a quarter of the total, with deaths exceeding the 1000 level for the first time Wednesday. If this were...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The Options Industry Conference scheduled for April in Puerto Rico has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. It was the Cboe's turn to host the conference. The OCC is encouraging continued...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Nasdaq yesterday published their 4th annual Tech Trends report, this one titled "Nasdaq Decodes: Tech Trends 2020." This is their report that covers big broad topics they see impacting how markets...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Wednesday night I was about to head home when I ran into a friend outside the Bar Luna at the Boca Raton Resort and Club. He told me about a rumor the CME was going to buy NEX and some other details about potential counter-bids or...
First Read Turn Yourself In, It'll Be Easier: Bank Cooperation On Spoofing Charges Saves Millions Jim Kharouf - JLN Over the past several months, there has been a fair amount of talk about the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's push on the so-called...
Befitting the day, there are indeed some weird happenings in our markets. First, recall the release yesterday - TradingScreen Majority Shareholders Initiate Criminal Legal Action Against Giampiero Grandi, Board Chairman, For...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The Giving Tree This is a different type of giving tree, so hang with me. There are a number of announcements to be made today. If you had not seen the information about the visitation for Les Rosenthal, here it is: Chicago...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff To assist the Tampa community during this time of need, DTCC is donating $5,000 to the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, which has established The Tampa Bay Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund in partnership with several local...
First Read Bits & Pieces By John J. Lothian It has been two years since Spencer Doar joined John Lothian News as an intern, then later becoming a full-time employee and integral part of the JLN Team. He has the second longest employment streak at the company of...
First Read End of a Series Today concludes our annual Exchange Leaders Series from FIA Boca, with an interview with Matt Chamberlain, interim CEO at the LME. In all, the series included eight different exchange executives who sat down to speak with us at the...
First Read ICAP's blockchain initiative would slim down middle and back office processes Sarah Rudolph, JLN Excitement about blockchain technology and debate about the potential uses for it were top of mind at last month's FIA Boca conference, and one of the more...
First Read 2016 and Counting... Carl Gilmore, President, Integritas Financial Consulting Good morning John Lothian Newsletter readers! It is good to be back as the guest editor for the week, and I want to thank my friends at JLN for the opportunity. For those of you...
Bruno Iksil, aka "the London Whale," has issued a letter to the media arguing that his actions in the market were directed and overseen by senior executives at J.P Morgan Chase when it lost $6 billion in 2012.What is troubling about the case is that it is still a...
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