Consultants Burton-Taylor report today that Intercontinental Exchange and CME Group remain the two largest exchange operators in the world, measured by total revenues.
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Cboe wins dismissal of Wall Street ‘fear gauge’ manipulation lawsuit
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffCNN reported that "The continental US just had the wettest 12 months in the 124 years on record." And now you know why CME Group just set a record for...
Exchanges Face Higher Hurdles in Boosting Data Fees; Deutsche Bank Finds Money Transfer Software Flaw
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JLN’s Industry Leader Series: Terry Duffy, CME Group
Every year, John Lothian News puts together an industry leader series filmed at FIA’s annual conference in Boca Raton. The number of interviews filmed this year is a JLN record and the footprint of the market participants involved is similarly...
Virtu to Buy ITG in Almost $1 Billion Deal; CME’s Nex to apply for Dutch exchange licence
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff From Trading Technologies: "It is with sadness we share that Louise Moore, a London-based customer success manager at TT for the last five...
CME completes £3.9 billion NEX Group acquisition
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff It is a big day for the CME Group. They completed their acquisition of NEX Group, they won the long overdue case brought by Eurex over the...
Policymakers Saved the Financial System; CME-Nex deal filed with UK regulators
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Dawn D. Stump was sworn in to serve as a Commissioner of the CFTC yesterday at the Fearless Girl Statue in New York City; former CFTC...
Custody Battle Brewing Over Crypto Assets, and That’s a Good Thing
It was just a few months ago that the cryptocurrency markets were bemoaning the lack of institutional-grade custody services. Without them, no right-minded fund or asset manager was going to get anywhere near this market. And if they...
Buyer Beware: Hundreds of Bitcoin Wannabes Show Hallmarks of Fraud
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff In case you missed it in yesterday's JLN, Wired's piece featured the quote of the day from venture partner Jimmy Song, the blockchain skeptic. "You're a hammer-thrower just looking for nails."~JK...
Barclays CEO Hit With $850k Fine; Former JPMorgan trader charged FX fixing
First Read Chicago Venture Capital Firms Are Funding Fintech Sarah Rudolph, JLN Chicago may not be doing as well as some other cities in certain areas, but it is leading the charge in technological innovation in the financial world...
CME rules out asset sales after Nex deal; Euronext eyes post-Brexit opportunities
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Compliance And Regulatory Liaison, from Trading Technologies, available April 1, 2018 TT.~JJL If you missed our early edition of The Spread - our options-related news recap - last week, check it...
The Spread – Week of 3/26 to 3/29
Heyo! Markets in 2018 = not boring. This week in The Spread we cover gyrating indices, a gigantic deal, the resurgence of "exotic" ETPs, the Easter holiday, the start of the MLB season and a few sour notes in the financial media...
CME to buy NEX; White House Amazon Whiplash Adds to Tech Volatility
Observations & Insight Editor's Notes There will not be a JLN Options newsletter tomorrow, as major U.S. and European markets will be closed for Good Friday. Japanese and Taiwanese exchanges will be open. An interesting...
13-Year High for Nasdaq Fear Premium; Lessons from Corrections Past
Lead Stories Tech Stocks Fear Premium Just Jumped to a 13-Year High Luke Kawa - Bloomberg The disruptors are getting ditched as tech fear spreads well beyond Facebook. /bloom.bg/2uxHl74 ****SD: Different chart on same subject from...
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Dead Chickens, Frozen Oranges Confront Farmers in South After Severe Cold
First Read $29,826/$300,000 (9.9%) Charles Bohm ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The CME set new record volumes in the Ultra 10-Year Note and 30-Year Bond futures on February 23. Ultra 10-Year Note futures reached a record volume of 1.7 million...
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GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
GameStop shares on track to triple for week as options trading spikes; GameStop short-sellers have lost $1.9 billion in just 2 days amid the stock’s latest spike
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