The Spread – Put Your Dukes Up
Spencer Doar
Editor
This week’s options news recap runs the gamut from a Chicago pit fight to Canadian pension plans to Mexico’s annual oil hedge.
The following stories are referenced in this week’s episode:
–CME Group Disciplinary Notice -> Dominic Giorango
–CME Group -> June Options Recap
–Citywire Asia -> New real-time index for Japanese bonds launched
–Financial Post -> The smartest guy in the room: How pension guru worked his magic, beat the market and saved Home Capital
–Reuters -> Mexico’s formula to execute annual oil hedge is ready -official
–MarketsWiki Education Signup Info
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Global futures and options trading reaches record level in 2020; CFTC chair steps down, academic Chris Brummer in lead to replace him: sources
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