When Lou Eccleston became TMX Group CEO three and a half years ago, he needed to turn around declining organic revenue and profitability. Once that was achieved, eyes turned to growth. Eccleston and TMX were able to jumpstart that...
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Young CEO Reshapes 140-Year-Old Metals Exchange; ICE Completes Trayport Deal w/ TMX; America’s Inequality Is Sending the Dow Soaring
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Georgetown McDonough School of Business offers a new fintech class. John Jacobs, executive director of the school's Center for Financial Markets and Policy, will teach the course along with Perianne Boring, founder and president...
Deutsche Boerse CEO to step down amid insider trading probe; ICE to sell commodities trading platform Trayport for £550m
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff ALTSO had more than 1400 people last night, and raised over $620,000 at its annual Rocktoberfest in NY. The Chicago event raised almost $145,000 with about 500 attendees. Way to go ALTSO! ~JK Bright Pink sat down with Kristin...
Harvey throws a wrench into U.S. energy engine; NYSE owner lines up sale of energy trader; Chicago Exchange Sale Looks Shaky as China Tensions Rise
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The CME has published a video "Spread trading with E-mini Russell 2000 futures."~JJL Leslie Sutphen is the speaker featured today in JLN from the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in Chicago from July.~JJL...
UK court upholds ICE Trayport sale order; State Street to Start Voting Against Companies That Don’t Have Women Directors; AI technology to replace 90,000 buy-side jobs by 2025
First Read Rosenthal Collins Group Appoints Matthew Straight CIO Press Release Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (RCG), a leading independent futures clearing firm, announced the appointment of Matthew Straight as its new Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice...
Traders of ETF Options Deviate From Forecasters on OPEC Deal; OCC Comments on Essential Aspects of CCP Resolution Planning; Bumpy Ride Ahead for Investors as Presidential Election Looms
Observations & Insight Welcome to FIA EXPO Week By John J. Lothian Welcome to FIA EXPO week in Chicago. The global derivatives/financial/technology industry converges on the Hilton on South Michigan Avenue tomorrow as the conference officially begins then. It will...
John Lothian Newsletter: Wall Street watchdog has unfinished business with bad brokers; US renews push for monitoring equity market; ICE’s $650m Trayport deal set for lengthy probe
First Read Battle Fronts Doug Ashburn - JLN In his famous axiom, Von Clausewitz (a Prussian general and military theorist) called war "the continuation of policy by other means." In the great global exchange war, it seems to be working the other way, with policy...
John Lothian Newsletter: China stock plunge triggers ‘circuit breaker’ trading halt; Well-Known Investor John Angelo Dies; Market performance for 2015 in figures
First Read NFA Election - Ernest Jaffarian reply to statements of James Koutoulas and John Roe John Lothian News From Ernest Jaffarian: I find it necessary to speak to a number of mischaracterizations regarding the service of Doug Bry and myself on the NFA Board. It...
John Lothian Newsletter: Fierce debate over challenger trading venue; Derivatives regulation spat nears Transatlantic detente; ICE tells Trayport staff chief exec Piggott has left
First Read John Roe Responds to John Lothian Endorsement of Doug Bry and Ernest Jaffarian for NFA Board of Directors John Roe - CCC via JLN John Roe is a candidate for the Board of the National Futures Association representing CTAs and CPOs. He is running on a...
John Lothian Newsletter: LCH portfolio margining launch on track; Singapore bourse challenges old obstacles with new bond trading system; Investor caution sends chills through Wall St and San Francisco
First ReadICE Spread Jim Kharouf - JLN It's no longer surprising to be surprised by Jeff Sprecher. The guy who shook up the futures industry with a bold but failed bid for the Chicago Board of Trade in 2007 has been accumulating pieces on the chessboard ever since,...
John Lothian Newsletter: ICE beats CME to Trayport with $650m deal; Nasdaq in talks to buy Chi-X Canada for about $100 mln; End of ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Banking Era Endorsed by World Leaders
First Read Paris by John J. Lothian I love Paris. I just visited this great city twice this fall, and three times in the last 13 months. My heart goes out to the residents of Paris and those impacted by these barbaric acts. I am heartbroken at the loss of human life...
Guest Commentary on Waxman-Markey Bill by Elliott Piggott, MD Trayport
Guest Commentary By Elliott Piggott, MD Trayport: As climate change moves higher up the political agenda, the announcement of new US legislation such as the Waxman-Markey climate bill demonstrates the US’s increasing progression to support the global carbon markets...
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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
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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Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ surges to highest level in about 5 weeks as Treasury-yield spike sparks stock-market selloff; A new era of volatility begins, but equity inflows continue: BofA
Wall Street’s ‘fear index’ surges to highest level in about 5 weeks as Treasury-yield spike sparks stock-market selloff; A new era of volatility begins, but equity inflows continue: BofA
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