Biden Victory Is Certified After Day of Debate and Tumult; Pro-Trump Mob Driven From Capitol After Breach, Fatal Shooting
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How to End This Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One; Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift
How to End This Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One; Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift
2020 Was a Very Good Year – for ICE
Far from being felled by the COVID pandemic – or anything else that has happened in 2020 – the Intercontinental Exchange had its best year in history in revenue and earnings and made its largest acquisition deal ever – which is saying a lot – by buying Ellie Mae two months ago.
Cboe adds real-time trade alerts and data with latest acquisition; Someone Just Made a Big Bullish Options Bet on a Singapore ETF
Observations & Insight ****JJL: Ed Tilly and his team at Cboe Global Markets have done it again, buying one of the leading data firms in the markets, Henry Schwartz's Trade Alert LLC, which happens to be a sponsor of JLN. They are starting...
One Place Volatility Hasn’t Gone Home to Die Is the Nasdaq 100; Bond volatility – all aboard the big dipper?; Pound Seen Losing the Most If U.K. Vote Delivers No Winner
Observations & Insight Cold as ICE: Sprecher asks UK, How much do you love me? Jim Kharouf - JLN To hear one exchange leader tell it, UK markets could use a little more love. At the 10th annual FIA IDX conference on Tuesday, ICE Chairman and CEO Jeff Sprecher said...
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. To hear one exchange leader tell it, UK markets could use a little more love. At the 10th annual FIA IDX conference on Tuesday, ICE...
SEC Shortens Settlement Window for Stock, Bond Trades; Banks Trimming Compliance Staff as $321 Billion in Fines Abate; EU to formally veto Deutsche Boerse LSE merger shortly – sources
First Read Getting The View From the Top By Jim Kharouf, JLN Today we begin our annual Exchange Leaders Series — video interviews shot at the FIA Boca 2017 conference last week. We unofficially led off with CME's Terry Duffy before the conference (part 1 here and part...
JLN Exchange Leader Series 2017: Jeff Sprecher Says ICE Ready To Roll Out Data and Analytics To Meet The Demand For More Info
The Intercontinental Exchange underwent some dramatic changes in 2016. With the purchase of Interactive Data at the end of 2015, ICE spent last year integrating that company along with several others, giving the exchange a major footprint in the data, analytics and...
Republicans’ Paths to Unraveling the Dodd-Frank Act; Are tougher times for Wall Street’s ‘Flash Boys’ here to stay?; Forged Warehouse Receipts Renew Concerns Over Commodities Fraud
First Read Contango Whitepaper: The Changing Face of Client Derivatives Clearing Contango has just released a special report looking at the changing face of client derivatives clearing as regulation, higher capital requirements and constraints on revenue models are...
Open Access: Loss Leaders and Profiting from “Free”
The most interesting tidbit from this year's IDX was a seemingly offhand comment made by ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher at the exchange leaders panel. Regarding open access and clearing interoperability, which European regulators are pushing to maximize customer choice in...
2016 Exchange CEO Series: Jeff Sprecher Talks Data, Clearing and Growth for ICE
For the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), 2015 was about major investments in data and analytics services. Now in 2016, the exchange is looking to integrate recent data acquisitions into its business and grow well beyond traditional exchange trading and clearing...
Out of Chaos: ICE’s Sprecher Says Exchange Is Set For Growth
The Intercontinental Exchange Group had a record 2014, but for CEO Jeff Sprecher "boy, it was a chaotic year." ICE posted revenues of $3.01 billion last year from transaction and clearing fees, as it consolidated operations from the 2013 NYSE Euronext acquisition,...
Boca Bits & Pieces, Day Two
Wednesday's big news came from Nasdaq, which announced plans to enter the energy futures market, challenging the dominance of the CME and ICE. Named Nasdaq Futures (NFX), the new market will launch around midyear with support from leading energy companies. "What do...
John Lothian Newsletter: Swiss franc rockets as currency ceiling scrapped; Nasdaq plans challenge to CME and ICE in energy derivatives; U.S. SEC adopts rules establishing regime for swap data warehouses
First Read Bits & Pieces By Doug Ashburn - John Lothian News When Jim Binder left his job at OCC three months ago, there was much speculation around the office as to where he would end up. Yesterday afternoon we saw this post on Jim's Facebook page: "About this...
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Libor Moves to Its ‘Final Chapter’ as U.K. Sets End Dates; Libor to cease for most currencies by end of 2021
Libor Moves to Its ‘Final Chapter’ as U.K. Sets End Dates; Libor to cease for most currencies by end of 2021
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Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ surges to highest level in about 5 weeks as Treasury-yield spike sparks stock-market selloff; A new era of volatility begins, but equity inflows continue: BofA
Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ surges to highest level in about 5 weeks as Treasury-yield spike sparks stock-market selloff; A new era of volatility begins, but equity inflows continue: BofA
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