This week on The Spread, Cboe is set to acquire BIDS, TT branches out to South Africa, and more.
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Electronic Derivatives Trading in South Africa Gears Up
A half decade’s worth of work at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to update its trading technology is bearing fruit. The exchange now has its equities, equities derivatives and foreign exchange derivatives trading on LSEG Technology’s...
Bond Trader’s $10 Million Volatility Bet Is Paying Off; ECB wary of putting end-date on quantitative easing; Low volatility blamed for poor investment bank results
Observations & Insight On The Move: Vela Makes its second fintech acquisition in the last two months, acquiring Object Trading in addition to the OptionsCity deal that closed in June. Sarah Rudolph - John Lothian News Vela Trading Technologies has been on an...
Making the Johannesburg Stock Exchange a Global Player
“The JSE, for eight years in a row now, was rated number one, two or three in the world by the World Economic Forum for the quality of financial market regulation.” The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is in the process of adjusting much of its infrastructure. It already...
African Exchanges Emerge at SFOA Conference in Switzerland
Emerging markets face many economic challenges, not the least of which is setting up exchanges in order to facilitate price discovery and to help farmers and others hedge their products. But with the help of mobile technology and a spirit of cooperation among regions,...
JLN Options: Are Options Used to Cheat on Takeovers Using Insider information? Yeah, I think so… But Let me Prove it.
Lead StoriesAre Options Used to Cheat on Takeovers Using Insider information? Yeah, I think so... But Let me Prove it. Ophir Gottlieb, LivevolIn my opinion, the use of options to garner unfair (read: illegal) financial gains through the use of private/insider...
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Wall Street Is Set to Learn How Tough Biden’s Watchdogs Will Be; Eurex to expand its pioneering Total Return Futures in cooperation with FTSE
Wall Street Is Set to Learn How Tough Biden’s Watchdogs Will Be; Eurex to expand its pioneering Total Return Futures in cooperation with FTSE
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What’s Ahead for the Futures and Derivatives Industry?; Robinhood in Talks to Settle FINRA Probes Into Options-Trading Practices, Outages
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