First Read $16,711/$300,000 (5.6%) Steve Auerbach, Guy Sheetz (and Anonymous x2) ++++ The Hemp Industry Has Room To Grow Thom Thompson - John Lothian News As the third nationally legal industrial hemp crop hits the market, it is clear that American producers,...
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First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The thing I like about JPX is that when one of their markets has an issue, they apologize for the inconvenience to investors. I appreciate their apology, even if it was the hardware's malfunctioning's fault. Bloomberg is reporting...
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffI want to thank all the musicians who performed last night at the ALTSO Rocktoberfest and all those who helped make the event a huge success. You did good...
First Read A New CBOE By Jim Kharouf, JLN Editor-in-Chief While the London Stock Exchange-Deutsche Boerse deal looks to be failing, an acquisition in Chicago is done. CBOE Holdings and Bats Global Markets are due to close their deal today, bringing together two...
Just over three years ago, Japan's equity and financial derivatives markets made a bold move to consolidate in an effort to leverage their strengths and create a cash equity and derivatives powerhouse through the merger of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka...
Talking about Asia often leaves professionals from those regions a bit tongue-tied. When JLN decided to do a special report talking about Asia, many of those experts had the same question: “Which country? Asia is a big place.”...
Without fanfare, the stock exchanges in Tokyo and Osaka complete their merger and turn their collective eye toward TOCOM. New FCM-clawback provisions are leaving some pension funds out in the cold as clearing clients, amid fears that collateral posted by funds could...
Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange round the corner toward the merger finish line, as shareholders signal approval for the deal. Aquis Exchange, a new venue in Europe slated to open for business around the middle of next year, has hired its first...
The day after the SEC declared it would abandon its effort to reform money market funds, other regulators in and out of the US say they will step up and consider new requirements. NYSE Amex Options exchange announces that they’ve received SEC approval to eliminate...
Good progress (for a change) made on a couple of exchange mergers. Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges announce that they got a vote of no-interference from the regulator reviewing their merger plans; and TMX Group gets a not-red light to proceed with the Maple Group...
As the SEC takes additional action against broker OptionsXpress, the CBOE finds itself in the middle of a much closer look at how it supervises its members. The Hong Kong Exchange announces plans to issue futures contracts for trading the Chinese yuan. Fault and...
Facing regulatory uncertainty, Nasdaq OMX slows down plans to offer clearing choices to clients. The Tokyo Stock Exchange pulls away from Aim, its joint venture with LSE, having decided that one listing wasn't really enough to be considered worthwhile. MF Global...
Osaka Securities Exchange investors tell company management to demand more-bigger-better in the pending deal with TSE. NYSE-Euronext declares its interest in creating a full-on clearing service in London. The MF Global bankruptcy trustee, after using ALL the fingers,...
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