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Market Expansion, Data Solutions and Software as a Service: Trading Technologies’ Rick Lane, Part I
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 Industry Leader SeriesRick Lane, Chairman and CEO of Trading Technologies, sat down with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 to talk about market expansion and rebuilding at TT. He explains how TT is using its software as a service platform to try to...
Trading Technologies’ CEO Discusses the Jitesh Thakkar Case and Its Impact on the Trading Industry: Rick Lane Part II
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 Industry Leader SeriesAt FIA Expo 2019, TT's Rick Lane tells JLN that the Jitesh Thakkar case has already added cost to running businesses like TT. Tech firms have to invest in making sure that when they build bespoke solutions for...
Machine Learning in the Back Office: Bikram Singh of EZOPS
At FIA Expo 2019, Bikram Singh, the founder and CEO of EZOPS, talked with JLN about his company’s mission to apply machine learning in the post-trade process. Machine learning has been used in the front office for a while, but he says EZOPS uses it to maximize operational efficiencies to help the C-Suite minimize the time and resources spend dealing with reconciliation and managing data quality and correct “bad” data at its source.
A Swiss-Army API: Rival Systems’ Rob D’Arco at FIA Expo 2019
How do you build a platform that provides all the data a trading firm could want, while keeping it as stable and accessible as possible? Rob D’Arco joined us at FIA Expo 2019 in late October to explain how Rival Systems tries to keep up with the needs of clients trading in an increasingly complex global market.
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the CFTC Case Against Jitesh Thakkar, Part 2
The Cost to the MarketsIf there was a new prescriptive regulation from the CFTC that said every line of code written for any trading software must be documented as to its purpose and intent, there would be a hew and cry from the industry about the cost versus benefit...
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the CFTC Case Against Jitesh Thakkar, Part I
Cost-benefit analysis is an important part of the regulatory process and even more so after Dodd-Frank became the law of the land. The CFTC does not have an unlimited budget, though it is attempting to throw the legal version of the kitchen sink at Jitesh...
How to Keep a Close Eye on the Markets
Travis Schwab of Eventus Systems discusses the complex task of developing software to help fight market manipulation, while also maintaining the flexibility to meet the varying needs of a broad range of customers. Turns out it helps to have former employees from the types of firms that use these products working under the hood.
Letter to JLN from Vivek Sharma in Support of Jitesh Thakkar
Editor’s note: John Lothian News received the following letter from Vivek Sharma, a former employee of Edge Financial, the firm owned by Jitesh Thakkar. Sharma has also worked for the National Futures Association as a quantitative analyst in...
Justice for Jitesh: Special Sauce is Never Shared
I worked with traders and systems developers for many years when I was a futures broker. During the time I worked with them, they never shared with me their “special sauce,” the intellectual property that made their trading systems tick. There...
Justice for Jitesh; CFTC Should Drop Civil Charges and Apologize
I have created a petition titled "Justice for Jitesh: CFTC Should Drop Civil Charges and Apologize" on Change.org. Here is a link to sign the petition: Justice for Jitesh Petition. I ask you to read and please sign this petition. My hope is go...
Statement on Justice for Jitesh Thakkar
There is a cloud hanging over the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee that does not involve Bitcoin. That cloud has darkened recently. The cloud is the civil case against Jitesh Thakkar, a one-time contributor to the TAC’s high frequency...
The Marriage of Money and Machines
At MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Rumi Morales, entrepreneur and partner in Outlier Ventures, gave a brief history of trading and the technological changes that have swept the industry, ending with blockchain, which she said is “revolutionary” because no central counterparty is necessary. Blockchain, along with the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, will lead to a “Convergence Ecosystem,” she said.
Security Threats in Today’s Digital World
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World Of Opportunity event in Chicago, Lori Kevin, managing director of operations for CSG, talks about the many security threats companies face in today’s digital world, including identity theft, of which she was a victim, and how to fight off these threats with the right policies and procedures.
Where Satellite Imagery for Agriculture is Headed
In this video, UrtheCast’s SVP of Data Analytics David Gebhardt talks about the applications of high quality satellite imagery for farmers and what is holding back full-scale adoption of the technology. Produced by Mike Forrester John...
Vela’s Latency Outlook in 2019: Quality and Quantity
In this video, Vela Global Head of Product Management and Business Operations Ollie Cadman talks about how Vela views latency in today’s market environment. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter Today's Newsletter We visit...
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Charles Schwab to Buy TD Ameritrade for $26 Billion, Reports Say
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today's MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project series video is of Jeff Bernacchi, a CME member and former member of the CME Group board of directors who recently retired from the board...
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End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME’s Giant Eurodollar Market; Bets on a Strong Pound Are Getting in the Way of a Strong Pound
Lead Stories End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME's Giant Eurodollar Market Alexander Osipovich - WSJ The clock is ticking on a huge futures market where nearly $3 trillion changes hands on an average day. Eurodollar futures, which let...
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