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Ralf Roth got his start in 1994 at Deutsche Bank as a junior fixed income analyst. Starting at the bottom and working his way up, Roth occupied various roles in equities and prime broking before eventually becoming the global head of...
JPM’s $65m ISDAFIX fine; EU HFT rules; Blockchain for margin and collateral?
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The MontrÈal Exchange announced new futures on exchange-traded funds (ETF) and trust units are now available.~JJL The European Banking Authority released its 2017 annual report. A few of the key...
JLN Options: Volcker Rule Rewrite; Thomson Reuters moving FX derivs to Ireland
Lead Stories Volcker Rule Rewrite to Drop Trading Burden on Banks, Sources Say Jesse Hamilton and Benjamin Bain - Bloomberg Wall Street is poised to get a big reprieve from the Volcker Rule, as U.S. agencies prepare to scrap a...
Cryptocoin Market Met Its Match?; Blackstone, Thomson Reuters Said to Weigh Tradeweb IPO, Sale
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MarketAxess sees record trading volumes in 2017; Facebook and regulators move to halt cryptocurrency scams; Blackstone bets big on Wall St. information business with Thomson Reuters deal
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff CQG's Pat Kenny, The Most Interesting Man in the World, just became a little more interesting. He was named the new chairman of the board of directors of the Association of Futures Markets during its 21st Annual Conference...
Thesys vs. Goliath: That’s One Big CAT
Small company wins big with opportunity to build the Consolidated Audit Trail covering U.S. equities and options. FINRA, FIS, Cinnober, Thomson Reuters - what do they have in common? They are just a few of the 30 bidders who lost out on developing the Consolidated...
The Snowballing Power of the VIX, Wall Street’s Fear Index; Wall Street’s self-regulator allows safe havens for tainted brokers; Trump Team Proposes Broad Rethink of Financial Rulebook
First Read Line-up for MarketsWiki Education Series in NY and Chicago By John J. Lothian We have set the line-ups of speakers for the MarketsWiki Education series in New York and Chicago. Here is the list of the speakers and the days they will be presenting. On July...
John Lothian Newsletter: Swift CEO Expects More Hacking Surprises as Fix Is Years Away; Data Terminal anxiety as big banks cut costs; ICAP Lands Deal for Mainland China’s Yuan-Trading Platform
First ReadOff to London and IDXBy John LothianDoug Ashburn, Jim Kharouf and I and two interns are headed to IDX next week in London. We will be conducting video interviews from The Brewery and attending the conference there. Our schedules are filling quickly, but if...
Paul McCormick, Opening City Doors – Finding your First/Next Financial Job
"There is a mismatch between the way companies like to hire people and the way graduates and young professionals like to get hired."Paul McCormick has represented a half dozen of the biggest names in the banking world in his 30 years as a fixed income trader. Now he...
A World of Opportunity Returns To London!
MarketsWiki Education is headed back to London next month for another round of our World of Opportunity speaker series geared toward "the next generation of market participants" - college students, interns, young professionals and...
Data and Fintech Rocking the Free World
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FinTech Exchange Chicago Gets Democratic
FinTech Exchange Chicago 2015, hosted by Barchart, was held on April 23 and featured a host of great speakers. Scroll down to see the "Best of the Lightning Round" video, or several of the full presentations. To see the full layout and design: click HERE.
FinTech Chicago Gets Democratic
Today's financial technology dialog is often about a word you don't usually associate with it - democracy - bringing software, data, reporting, testing and trading to the masses.And it's not just one size for everyone - its customizable too. At the FinTech Exchange...
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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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If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
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