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Eileen Flaherty’s Perilous Road to Success
Eileen T. Flaherty is a longtime legal and compliance professional who is currently managing director of The Global Capital Group Ltd., a legal and regulatory consulting firm. She is also the author of a forthcoming novel entitled The Perilous Step.
Endgame vs. Infinity War: Justice for Jitesh
When I started writing about the CFTC’s civil enforcement case against Jitesh Thakkar and Edge Financial Technologies, I asked for Justice for Jitesh. I asked for the CFTC to drop the case.
New Year’s Day Launch Seen as Just the Start of Illinois’ Recreational Canna Business
As of January 1, adults in Illinois will be allowed to legally buy small quantities of cannabis products for recreational use from licensed state dispensaries. However, while its launch has been highly publicized, the state's cannabis...
Big Volatility, Risk, and Consolidation: Jim Nevotti of Sterling Trading Tech
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 INDUSTRY LEADER SERIES At FIA Expo 2019, Jim Nevotti, the president of Sterling Trading Tech, talked with JLN about CAT reporting, the return of volatility to the markets and the hidden costs of commission free trading, and...
A Renaissance in clearing – John Davidson of the OCC
John Davidson, chief executive officer of the OCC, discussed how the clearer is revamping its entire system, replacing its legacy clearing technology with the new Renaissance initiative, which will operate in the public cloud.
The transition to data solutions and commercial hedging tools: CQG’s Ryan Moroney
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 INDUSTRY LEADER SERIES At FIA Expo 2019, CQG President Ryan Moroney spoke with JLN about CQG's evolution from a products-based company to a "solutions-based" company 40 years in, and how its values- and ethics-based culture...
Swaps proficiency requirements and other initiatives: the NFA’s Tom Sexton
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 INDUSTRY LEADER SERIES The National Futures Association (NFA)'s swaps proficiency requirements will be implemented in January 2020. Tom Sexton, NFA's president and CEO, spoke with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about the work that went...
Bringing Efficiency to the Raw Materials Markets: MaterialsXchange’s Mike Wisnefski
Mike Wisnefski, the CEO and co-founder of MaterialsXchange, spoke to John Lothian News at FIA Expo 2019 about bringing transparency and efficiency to the raw materials markets.
Russell 2000 Index derivatives blossom amid increased global demand for U.S. equities: FTSE Russell’s Sean Smith
JLN FIA EXPO 2019 INDUSTRY LEADER SERIES Sean Smith, managing director of derivatives licenses at FTSE Russell, painted an upbeat picture of current Russell 2000 volume when he spoke to John Lothian News at FIA Expo 2019. He credited global demand for small-cap...
Risk Management, Analytics and Parallel Processing: Tom Watson of Hanweck
Tom Watson, head of sales at Hanweck, sat down with JLN at FIA Expo to talk about Hanweck’s branching out into international markets and margin analytics and how GPU-based computing is changing the industry landscape.
Cloud-based collateral management’s profound impact on the financial industry: CloudMargin’s Karl Wyborn
CloudMargin’s Karl Wyborn, the London-based company’s newly appointed global head of business development, sat down with John Lothian News at FIA Expo 2019 to explain how the deployment of cloud technology has begun to change the industry.
Metadata, AI, and monitoring global risks: Predata’s Hazem Dawani
At FIA Expo 2019, Predata CEO Hazem Dawani explained metadata and how his company uses it to monitor the economic, social and security risks of more than 180 countries. Metadata allows the company to alert customers as to patterns and anomalous behavior early on that later lead to major events or shifts in online interests.
Exchanges Powered By the Cloud: Connamara Systems’ Jim Downs at FIA Expo 2019
Jim Downs, founder and CEO of Connamara Systems, talked with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about how the cloud can help minimize the impact of technology on the ability for entrepreneurs to start new exchanges.
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...
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Regulators across Europe clash over bans on short selling; Euronext confirms it will not make bid for BME
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff Pat Arbor is the subject of the latest MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders HIstory Project video. Arbor, the longtime chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade in the late open...
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The stock market might not bottom until the VIX comes down — here’s why the volatility gauge remains stubbornly high
Lead Stories The stock market might not bottom until the VIX comes down — here's why the volatility gauge remains stubbornly high William Watts - MarketWatch Here's one reason stock-market investors aren't convinced the bear-market rout...
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