First Read "Super Proud" of Illinois's Social Equity Cannabis Program Thom Thompson - John Lothian News "Everybody having what they need to succeed" defines "social equity," according to Akele Parnell, an attorney with the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights....
The Spread is sponsored by MIAX. Sadly, it appears no one had a funny VIX-related sign at a sporting event this week, but never fear, there's plenty of content in this edition of "The Spread" - the Florida options trading firm blow-up,...
Observations & Insight OIC Stories Recap Below are links to the columns and articles the JLN team wrote while attending the Options Industry Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. -How Do You Save the Capital Markets?; Kennedy Looks to Lead Market Revamp by Jim Kharouf...
Observations & Insight OCC 2016 Cleared Contract Volume Fifth Highest Ever OCC OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced 2016 total cleared contract volume reached 4,167,747,777 contracts, a one percent decrease from the...
Lead Stories Historic Risk Management Rules and Practices Go Live on March 1, 2017 in Leading Markets Seyfarth Shaw LLP - JDSupra For the first time in the history of derivatives, regulators in leading markets will require assets to collateralize many derivatives...
There is a regular drum beat in the financial services arena about a "new asset class" or the "next asset class", many of which really aren't actually new. In recent years, volatility has checked most, if not all, of the boxes for a new asset class. The space has been...
The CBOE Volatility Index futures, or VIX, has been THE most successful futures contract in recent years. With the VIX posting record volumes this year, the exchange and Russell Indexes say now is the time to launch the Russell 2000 Volatility Index futures or RVX....
First Read $40,951/$300,000 (13.7%) Brian Duff ++++ JLN Editor-in-Chief Sarah Rudolph to Return to Full-Time Duties Monday; Suzanne Cosgrove Named JLN Deputy Managing Editor JLN Editor-in-Chief Sarah Rudolph has been working part time for the past few weeks and will...
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