Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadPOP goes the speed bump!Thom Thompson - John Lothian NewsICE Futures US tried to certify (that is, to fast-track) to the CFTC a change to the order execution rules in the central...
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Breezy Quarter Masks Biggest Bet on Unrest Since 2012; Spoofing Trial Coverage; Forex Calm
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightMarch 2019 Options Exchange Marketshare via OCC++++Commentary: No Joking MatterChuck Mackie - MediumThere may be some cruel irony in the fact that the trial of Jitesh...
Disinformation campaigns distorting global news; Euronext ups Oslo Børs offer; Cboe considers HQ move
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffTayloe Draughon has set up a Go-Fund Me campaign to help support Jitesh Thakkar, who has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with "attempting to...
Why has Equity Index-Treasury Options Volatility Diverged?; SVXY Class Action Against ProShares
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightSR-CBOE-2019-004 - Proposal to amend its Fees Schedule relating to the Options Regulatory Fee.Cboe FilingThe Exchange proposes to increase the Options Regulatory Fee...
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...
Euronext launches formal offer for Oslo Bors; Equities vet makes big bet on bond-trading automation
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff There was a big snowstorm in Alpine parts of Europe that left record amounts of snow and isolated some communities. In the US, a monster snowstorm...
Bad Stuff the Market Worried About Is Starting to Happen; Tastytrade, Peak6 invest $10 million in new exchange
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffICE posted another record volume year in 2018, with fourth quarter volumes up 20 percent and open interest increasing 10 percent from a year earlier. Average...
Women Rising To The Top: Chitra Ramkrishna, Adena Friedman Take Top Roles In The Exchange Space
There was another historic election this month, this one at the World Federation of Exchanges’ annual meeting in Cartagena, Colombia. The WFE elected the first female chair in its 56-year history. Chitra Ramkrishna, managing director and CEO of the National Stock...
John Lothian Newsletter: Wall Street Banks Have Basel’s Ear in Pushback on Market Risk; Nasdaq readies ‘Ocean’ dark pool for banks and brokerages; Global regulators move closer to regulating fintech
First Read One Step Ahead: Can Silicon Valley Help, Compliance? By Jim Kharouf, JLN If you are chief compliance officer at a firm - brokerage or fund - what if you could tell if the customer or one of your traders was about to do something bad, wrong or illegal? The...
John Lothian Newsletter: Oslo Børs buys Sweden’s Burgundy; Tradeweb launches 5,000-stock ETF platform; NYSE Euronext And Taiwan Futures Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding
Oslo's exchange signs up to purchase the Burgundy from its Swedish owners as a way to consolidate influence in Scandinavian trading. Tradeweb launches an ETF trading platform, allowing access to thousands of ETF products. NYSE Euronext and the Taiwan Futures Exchange...
John Lothian Newsletter: CME, ICE Clearinghouses Designated Systemic by U.S. Panel; Oslo Bors to charge for excessive orders; Euro Zone Crisis Boils as Leaders Fail to Signal New Steps
The clearinghouse operations for CME Group and IntercontinentalExchange are now said to be “systemically important” by regulators, bringing them closer to increased Dodd-Frank supervision. Oslo Bors takes action against quote stuffers, and announces penalties for...
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How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill? Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people; EU explores tougher curbs on City hedge fund managers
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