Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG), the well known Chicago FCM, was recently acquired by London-based Marex Spectron. After a transition that took place over one freezing Chicago weekend, it has been fully integrated into the company and is now the...
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Where now for the rules that rocked European finance?; LCH shift heads off UK-EU regulatory battle
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadA Great Day to Start Trading Micro E-Mini FuturesJohn J. LothianA Trump-influenced lower equity market and then a near rebound produced the perfect day for the CME Group to start...
The LME’s Ambitious Tech Revamp – Matt Chamberlain, LME
London Metal Exchange CEO Matt Chamberlain knows that the more than 150-year-old exchange has not been at the front of the pack when it comes to technology, but he also knows that gives it an opportunity to survey what other market...
Exchanges warn SEC against muscling in on market data cost debate
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The theme of the day is where former exchange chairmen are living. The good news is Leo Melamed and his wife Betty have sold their home on the...
Staying the (New) Course – Matt Chamberlain, LME
London Metal Exchange CEO Matt Chamberlain welcomed a baby into his household in the days before LME Week - one of the bourse’s busiest times of year - but that was far from the only thing keeping the exchange leader occupied in 2017....
JLN Exchange Leader Series 2017: LME’s Chamberlain on Ambitious Deployment Schedule
The London Metal Exchange is in flux after the departure of CEO Garry Jones at the beginning of the year. That leaves interim CEO Matt Chamberlain with structural problems to address and a “hugely ambitious” deployment plan for 2017. In this JLN Exchange Leader Video,...
Data centres help London retain cachet; CME Group Interest Rate Contracts Shatter Records On Feb. 22; Reinstitute Choice and Civility – ‘Tis Time for Retail FX in the U.S. to Have a Regulator, Not an Executioner
First Read Cinnober Going Big On Clearing JLN The Cinnober recap of its annual meeting revealed just how serious the company is about developing and investing in a new back office, real time clearing business. This space is ripe for change and competition, and...
Deutsche Bank walks away from US swaps clearing; Soc Gen sees fixed income trading boom; Crunch time for increasingly brittle London Metal Exchange
First Read Trump Preparing to Nominate Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Giancarlo as Chair; The former brokerage executive is currently serving as acting chairman Andrew Ackerman - WSJ The Trump administration is preparing to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo as...
Banks get slapped with $220M in fines over economic crisis; London’s trading businesses await Brexit fallout in 2017; LME Clear and LME announce the appointment of James Proudlock as Deputy Chief Executive for LME Clear
First Read Head East: TT's Robbie McDonnell Sees Opportunity In Asia As Never Before By Jim Kharouf, JLN It's gonna be a good year after all for Asia's markets. Robbie McDonnell, Trading Technologies' executive vice president of global sales, who returned to Asia full...
Yes, Precious: World Gold Council, LME and Banks to Launch New Gold, Silver Contracts
Sometimes the best ideas are worth waiting 139 years for. On August 9, 2016, the World Gold Council and the London Metal Exchange, together with a consortium of banks, announced a planned launch of LMEprecious, a new platform for spot, daily and monthly futures,...
John Lothian Newsletter: Bats Unveils Community Policing Program for U.S. Equities, Options Exchanges; London Metal Exchange faces broker revolt over fee rise; The World’s Most Powerful Stock Pickers Don’t Manage a Penny
First ReadMarketsWiki Education Hits Interns With Risks, Technology, Volunteerism, Office Space and BricksSarah Rudolph and Spencer Doar, JLNTuesday marked the first session of our MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in Chicago. The event drew a standing...
2016 Exchange CEO Series: LME’s Garry Jones Looking At More Metals, More Clearing and More China
Last year represented the first full year in which London Metal Exchange was under the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing umbrella. Now the exchange is looking forward to expanding through new products, users and via its relatively new clearing house, LME Clear.The...
2016 Exchange CEO Series: Hong Kong’s Charles Li Looks To Keep Building Bridges To China
As Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing looks at extending its services as a bridge to mainland China, HKEx CEO Charles Li said that it's now embarking on a new three-year plan to bring China's market to the rest of the world.Last year, HKEx posted record earnings in...
John Lothian Newsletter: SEC brings new charges over global press release hacking scheme; Hedge Fund Citadel Cuts Employees in Wake of Losses; Chinese bid for Chicago Stock Exchange stirs Republicans
First Read Big Data = Big Money By Jim Kharouf, JLN There is a lot of talk about data in the exchange space today, and given consolidation among exchanges has dwindled, the next frontier in competition is in data services. Exchanges have come under fire in recent...
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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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