Observations & Insight JLN Exchange Leader Series 2017: SGX's Syn Says Trade Barriers Mean Opportunities for Offshore Exchanges JohnLothianNews.com Singapore Exchange's Michael Syn says that when economic barriers to open trade come down, offshore jurisdictions...
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JLN Options: What Was Behind Yesterday's Crazy S&P 500 Options Volume?
Lead Stories What Was Behind Yesterday's Crazy S&P 500 Options Volume? Adam Warner - Schaeffer's Investment Research Strange volume in the S&P 500 Index (SPX) August puts yesterday, yowza. With the index in the 1,680 range, 29,000 of the August 1300 puts...
JLN Options: Court Rules TOM May Continue To Offer Options Based On The AEX
Commentary & InsightA Look at Forensic Accounting and Financial FraudMarketsWiki.tvIn the aftermath of the Peregrine Financial Group fraud, many wondered how it could have happened and how forensic accounting works after a fraud occurs. On June 20, John Lothian...
JLN Options: TOM, BinckBank Infringe Euronext Trademark Rights, Court Says
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JLN Options: CBOE Reopens After Malfunction Shuts Options Exchange
Lead StoriesCBOE Reopens After Malfunction Shuts Options ExchangeNikolaj Gammeltoft, Nina Mehta & Lu Wang, BloombergThe Chicago Board Options Exchange opened for trading three-and-a-half hours late today after a software malfunction shut the derivatives market as...
John Lothian Newsletter: EU to Review Proposed Merger of ICE, NYSE; U.K. Regulator Said to Join CFTC in ISDAfix Manipulation Probe; Liffe Sues Dutch Options Market TOM Over AEX Products
Regulators for the European Union agree to review the ICE-NYSE Euronext merger plan, simplifying the approval or denial process for the two companies. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority opens a probe into the ISDAfix rate, joining US regulators in looking for rate...
JLN Options: CBOE May Retire From Police Beat
Lead StoriesCBOE May Retire From Police Beat Jacob Bunge, The Wall Street JournalThe parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange is considering whether to separate out its regulatory division in the wake of a continuing federal probe into potential conflicts of...
John Lothian Newsletter: Nasdaq OMX targets European derivatives trades; HSBC to pay record $1.9 billion fine in money laundering case; US audit trail cost forecast criticised
Nasdaq OMX takes a 25 percent stake in European trading platform The Order Machine. HSBC bank agrees to pay a whopper of a fine for laundering money. Tom Kloet of Canada’s TMX exchange group reacts with disbelief at the US cost estimates for creating a real-time...
John Lothian Newsletter: TOM gears up for a bigger slice of Liffe; SEC Weighs Bringing Back Fractions in Stock Prices; NYSE Euronext to Shutter Carbon-Trading Exchange in Europe
Netherlands-based trading platform The Order Machine has its sights set on competing against a popular NYSE Liffe index option contract. More than a decade after decimalization, the SEC is reconsidering that decision and is contemplating a return to quarters and...
John Lothian Newsletter: Tom hits 1m options contracts in 10 months; US and European asset managers split on new money-fund rules; Chamber, Oil Groups Sue SEC on Foreign Payment Rule
Amsterdam’s TOM trading platform hits the million-contract milestone in less than a year. Lobbyists in Europe and US have different viewpoints when it comes to additional regulation in the asset management sector. The US Chamber of Commerce and a couple of oil trade...
John Lothian Newsletter: CME considers London futures platform; Tom aims to double market share; JPMorgan’s Iksil Seen Spurring Regulators to Dissect Trading
CME Group considers the possibility of starting a London-based futures exchange, just in case -- not that it could ever happen -- a transatlantic merger is not landed and completed. The Netherlands' TOM retail exchange plans to double its market share in the coming...
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Libor Moves to Its ‘Final Chapter’ as U.K. Sets End Dates; Libor to cease for most currencies by end of 2021
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