This week on The Spread, the OCC shatters its own records (again), Senator Loeffler sells put options, the SA-CCR is adopted early, and more.
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Fed Takes on Role of World’s Central Bank by Pumping Out Dollars; Preventing the Next Pandemic May Start With Supply Chains
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff This morning John Lothian News published our special report on spoofing titled Chicago Trading Community Faces Off In Spoofing Fight. I want to again thank our sponsors, Eventus Systems, Born Technology,...
John Lothian Newsletter: Quote MTF targets Spain; New U.S. Rules Hinder Derivatives Trading in Asia; CBOT reportedly rethinking 21-hour grain trading cycle
Hungarian exchange company Quote MTF plans to pair up with a UK bank and open a trading facility in Spain, placing fresh pressure on the marketplace in that country. Banks in Asia appear to be stepping back from derivatives deals with US entities, fearing entanglement...
John Lothian Newsletter: ICE and Cetip Agree to Develop Brazilian Debt Trading Platform; CME’s Donohue likely to leave before annual meeting next month; Spanish economic crisis deepens
ICE and CETIP announce plans to create a bond trading platform for Brazil. CME's departing CEO says actually, it looks like he'll be leaving sooner than expected. Spain receives a rating downgrade and announces that unemployment is just a fraction under 25 percent of...
The One-Way Dead-End Street
“I’m living on a one-way, dead-end street. I don’t know how I ever got there.” -- Comedian Steven Wright When the members of the European Common Market agreed to form a monetary union in 1999, with the euro as its common currency, the continent was forced upon a...
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