Silicon Valley Wins as SEC Allows Direct IPOs to Raise Cash; SEC Charges Ripple and Two Executives with Conducting $1.3 Billion Unregistered Securities Offering
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Nasdaq to Acquire Verafin; ‘Zillennials’ Are Going to Change Investing Forever, BofA Says
Nasdaq to Acquire Verafin; ‘Zillennials’ Are Going to Change Investing Forever, BofA Says
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 15: Digitizing the Capital Markets
Carlos Domingo is the founder of Securitize, the aptly-named blockchain company that securitizes assets in the form of digital tokens. The company recently signed a deal with an SEC and FINRA-registered broker-dealer and ATS called Distributed Technology Markets, LLC, and seems on track to become an end-to-end digital securities platform that offers both securities issuance and trading through secondary markets.
ED&F Man agrees debt restructuring in eleventh-hour rescue; JPMorgan fires employees who took Covid relief funds
ED&F Man agrees debt restructuring in eleventh-hour rescue; JPMorgan fires employees who took Covid relief funds
CME to pay $3.5m over leak of secret trade data; Cboe braces for possible floor re-closing
CME to pay $3.5m over leak of secret trade data; Cboe braces for possible floor re-closing
Coronavirus Is Devastating the Conference Circuit; Wall Street Traders Are Tethered to the Desk With Virus Arriving
First ReadA Reporter's Story About the Boca CancellationBy John LothianLast week I told the JLN staff I expected by Wednesday or Thursday this week that FIA would cancel the Boca conference. They looked surprised. It was still surprising today when word...
OCC February Total Volume Up 60.7 Percent from a Year Ago – Highest Volume Month Ever for U.S. Equity Options Industry; Traders Were Already Rushing to Short Volatility Before Fed Cut
Observations & InsightFutures Industry Association Cancels Prestigious Boca International Conference Due to an Abundance of Caution Because of Global Coronavirus Outbreak John Lothian - John Lothian News The Futures Industry Association has cancelled...
The index providers are quietly building up enormous powers; The Dog That Didn’t Bark: What Soybean Prices Say About Trade Deal
First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffToday is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday in the U.S. and JLN will not be publishing its Options Newsletter today. In fact, after JLN goes out, the team has the rest of the day off, or you could say after JLN...
Crypto Rebels Trip Over Each Other en Route to Financial Utopia; U.S. securities regulator proposes new rules on use of derivatives in exchange traded funds
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today's video from the MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project is of Paul. R.T. Johnson, Jr., a long-time member of the Chicago Board of Trade and former member of its board of...
Time to Close the Asset Class Ban Loophole
Corzine and his ilk Should be Banned Across All Asset Classes Note: A correction to this story has been posted here. The NFA and FINRA to recognize the bans of other regulators. With the recent news that former MF...
T+2 in T-??
With high-frequency trading issues commanding the headlines these last few weeks, the story line has been about slowing down that which may be too fast. There is another issue concerning securities markets, however, that is about speeding up that which is too slow -...
Lauren Teigland-Hunt – Teigland-Hunt LLP
Lauren Teigland-Hunt is managing director of Teigland-Hunt LLP, a law firm based in New York which focuses on U.S. commodities law and regulation. She advises financial institutions and buy side firms on regulatory issues related to derivative transactions and acts as...
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Wall Street Is Set to Learn How Tough Biden’s Watchdogs Will Be; Eurex to expand its pioneering Total Return Futures in cooperation with FTSE
Wall Street Is Set to Learn How Tough Biden’s Watchdogs Will Be; Eurex to expand its pioneering Total Return Futures in cooperation with FTSE
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What’s Ahead for the Futures and Derivatives Industry?; Robinhood in Talks to Settle FINRA Probes Into Options-Trading Practices, Outages
What’s Ahead for the Futures and Derivatives Industry?; Robinhood in Talks to Settle FINRA Probes Into Options-Trading Practices, Outages
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