MIFID

Where now for the rules that rocked European finance?; LCH shift heads off UK-EU regulatory battle

by Spencer Doar | May 7, 2019

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...

HKEx May Have Reached Its Peak; Crypto Could Be Lifeline for CHX; Hundreds of European stocks barred from dark pools

by Spencer Doar | Mar 8, 2018

First Read Statement on Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms for Trading Digital Assets Divisions of Enforcement and Trading and Markets SEC Online trading platforms have become a popular way investors can buy and sell digital assets, including coins and tokens...

Regulator halts European equity trading shake-up; ‘Fiduciary Rule’ Poised for Second Life; Emerging Managers Outperform Established Funds

by Spencer Doar | Jan 10, 2018

First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff LinkedIn is reporting the 15-year anniversary of John Lothian being at John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. Time flies when you publish a newsletter.~JJL CME Economist Erik Norland is back with more super weird spaghetti graphs,...

Two futures exchanges call for post-Brexit Mifid rethink; CME Group and JPX Announce Contract; Systemic risks of clearing

by Spencer Doar | Jan 9, 2018

First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Today's top story, Two big futures exchanges call for post-Brexit rethink on Mifid, reiterates what Jeff Sprecher said in April 2017 as covered by Business Insider, "Not to sugarcoat it, I think it [MiFID II] is the worst piece of...

America’s economic selling points at risk; Investors’ fossil-fuel cut commitments; Bitcoin futures broking

by Spencer Doar | Dec 13, 2017

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The CFTC's Technology Advisory Committee will meet in Washington, DC on January 23, 2017. As a TAC member, I will be in attendance.~JJL Asia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News - December 12, 2017~JJL Interest in...

US financial regulators warn investors on bitcoin risks; Asian buyers spur bitcoin rise

by Spencer Doar | Dec 12, 2017

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff A new survey from DTCC shows geopolitical risk as a top 5 concern of 69 percent of those surveyed - an all-time high. Plenty of other fun stats and infographics in there to digest.~SD Deutsche Boerse turned 25 years old. I...

How AI Will Invade Every Corner of Wall Street; Brussels ends Mifid fears with US derivatives trading ruling

by Jeff Bergstrom | Dec 5, 2017

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Mutual Admiration Society member Steve Grob has a blog post titled "Bitcoin futures - the best idea ever?"~JJL Lanre Sarumi, the CEO of Level Trading Field, is chumming the bitcoin waters with a blog post on Coindesk.com titled...

Regulators plan eleventh-hour change to Mifid share-trading rules; China to Give Foreigners Greater Access to Its Financial Sector

by Jeff Bergstrom | Nov 10, 2017

First Read LaSalle Street Trading Tech Awards Event Reaches New Heights By John J. Lothian The LaSalle Street Trading Tech Awards event was a success last night with over 130 people in attendance to see six scouts honored with the Harlan Ten Pas Award and seven firms...

SEC to give MiFID reprieve; Big exchanges ask SEC to hold off on fee cap plan; Capital rules and clearing risks

by Spencer Doar | Oct 18, 2017

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff FIA EXPO is opening in Chicago today after some opening parties last night. We look forward to a great week of conducting interviews in the Cinnober booth on the EXPO exhibit hall, attending the sessions and seeing too many...

Dark Trading Could Triple in Europe; SEC Defends CAT Plan After Hack; Regulatory ‘false choice;

by Spencer Doar | Oct 4, 2017

First Read Hits & Takes A KISS Goodbye In case, you missed it, (and we did), the deadline for Project KISS from the CFTC ended on September 30th. If you want to see who said what about whatever can be improved on Dodd-Frank, all comment letters can be found here.....

Equity volatility schemes seen widely used; Volatility risk endures; Laszlo Birinyi’s calls

by Spencer Doar | Sep 29, 2017

Observations & Insight Crypto Developments of the Week - There Were a Lot Spencer Doar - JLN The news just won't stop in the crypto space and with the big exchanges making moves, new platforms seemingly launched every day, ETFs trying to get off the ground and...

Regulatory Preparedness: Are We There Yet?

by Spencer Doar | Jun 27, 2017

“The nature of what firms want to buy in this space has changed dramatically. They don’t want an integration project, they don’t want a problem. They are really looking for suppliers who can deliver everything in one place — kind of a one stop shop. Trade once,...

CBOE Holdings Announces First Stages of Technology Integration Plan; MiFID unbundling and best ex set to have global impact; Fed’s Evans says he supports one or two more rate hikes this year

by Spencer Doar | Mar 29, 2017

Observations & Insight Trigger pulled! A collection of UK news Not only was Brexit "triggered" since our last newsletter, the European Commission put the final nail in the proposed LSE-Deutsche Boerse merger. There's a ton out there on the two subjects. I've...

Regulation as a Main Driver of Change in the Sell Side Industry – Karl Hagerman, SEB

by Spencer Doar | Mar 27, 2017

"Technology is really becoming an enabler to stay compliant because you can understand the huge amount of data in these complex networks that you have to store, structure and provide to the authorities if requested. That is lot of big data management." Karl Hagerman...