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Protests Hammer U.S. Cities Still Recovering From Lockdown
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff Outrage over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white policeman has sparked protests, violence and looting in the U.S. and protests internationally. Corporate leaders, bank leaders and others...
No Deal: Why Buying the London Stock Exchange Is Hard to Do
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Your chance to save on FIA Expo registration runs through Oct. 11. Our friends at the FIA say, "FIA Expo is your destination to engage in meaningful...
Bringing Rupee Trading Home, India Takes Steps to Deepen Markets
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadDocuments unsealed in CFTC v KraftThom Thompson - John Lothian NewsOn Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt...
U.K. Court Calls Johnson’s Parliament Suspension ‘Unlawful’
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LSE Rejects Hong Kong Exchange’s Surprise $36.6 Billion Bid
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadJohn Lothian News Announces Promotions, Staff Addition; Sarah Rudolph Named Editor-in-Chief; Suzanne Cosgrove Joins JLN StaffJohn Lothian News today announces several promotions,...
London Stock Exchange poised to reject £32bn Hong Kong bid
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadCFTC v Thakkar: a fishing licenseThom Thompson - John Lothian NewsJitesh Thakkar, the Chicago computer programmer charged with aiding and abetting a market manipulation by supplying...
HKEX and LSE, A Capitalist’s Conundrum
Today’s bid by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) to buy the London Stock Exchange Group for $36.6 billion is a conundrum in what otherwise would be a continuation of global consolidation among exchanges. But it is muddied by the geopolitical backdrop that could make the London Stock Exchange off limits to certain suitors, especially those under the control of the Chinese government.
Share Trading Obligations Get Messy – Mark Hemsley, Cboe
The best trading environments feature the best liquidity. But a no-deal Brexit could force some trading into inferior pools of liquidity. In this video, Cboe Europe President Mark Hemsley describes how share trading obligations could alter the...
Citi to Cut Hundreds of Trading Jobs in Bad Wall Street Omen
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffTrading Technologies' Brian Mehta and his band, Flood Waters, will be playing at the upcoming ALTSO Rocktoberfest-Chicago event on October 10 at the City...
The Spread – A Big Deal
If LSEG’s purchase of Refinitiv goes through, it would be quite the mega deal for capital markets. This episode of “The Spread” examines the tie-up’s potential. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter Today's Newsletter We visit...
MSCI hands Chinese stocks bigger global role; NYSE Dumps Bots for Humans
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffTT's Chief Marketing Officer Brian Mehta's excellent interview with tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi revealed tZERO tentatively plans to launch the first...
Nasdaq moves to acquire Oslo Bors by outbidding Euronext; LSE acquires stake in Euroclear
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffCold. Cold. Cold. Don't go outside unless you have to if you are in the U.S. Midwest. It is just plain, frostbite creating, death-inducing...
US exchanges to face lawsuit over dealings with HFT; TCI fails in bid to oust London Stock Exchange chairman
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Hamilton's Report on Manufactures: Hamilton reasoned that to secure American independence, the United States needed to have a sound policy of encouraging the growth of manufacturing and ensure its future as a permanent feature of...
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Cboe Says It’s Seeking Approval to List Bitcoin ETF in U.S.; SPACs Are Hot Because They Are the ‘Poor Man’s Private Equity Funds’
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Bond selloff eases but risk gauges flash orange; Cboe Seeks Approval to List Trailblazer Bitcoin ETF in U.S.
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