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Trump administration cuts staff at financial markets watchdog
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff We recently learned of some sad news: Joe Levin, a longtime Cboe vice president, passed away on July 29, 2018 at the age of 71. Before leaving the Cboe in June...
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Big Data: Too Popular for its Own Good?
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today is your last chance to save $75 on tickets for A Leg to Stand On’s Rocktoberfest charity events in Chicago and New York! ~SD In Q2, ICOs raised $8.3...
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Online Stock Trading Has Serious Security Holes; CTAs Are Losing Money
First Read Tech firms looking to change the technology stack Jim Kharouf, JLN The question for the industry today is whether firms have hit the technology breaking point. In other words, can firms...
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Ether Tumbles Amid ICO Concerns; Shale boom zaps volatility in US nat gas
First Read Cinnober’s new CEO will have to consider the next move Jim Kharouf, JLN The news that Veronica Augustsson was out as CEO of Cinnober Financial Technologies and newcomer Peter Lenardos was in...
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RJO hires Stephen Brodsky; Economists warn on US corporate giant dominance
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Don’t miss the profile of Stacey Cunningham, the first female president of the New York Stock Exchange, in Time Magazine.~JJL Longtime options industry executive...
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The Man Who Triggered a $10 Billion Commodity Collapse Finally Speaks; Big Ag...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Bailey Kessing of Trillium is the focus of today’s video from our MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in New York. I believe Bailey is the youngest...
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NYSE vet Peggy Sullivan joins exec team at Vela; Nvidia’s Crypto Business...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff SGX reported an open interest record in its USD/CNH futures contract on August 16 of 49,631 contracts, with a notional value of $4.96 billion.~JK The WILD Chicago...
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Wall Street Erases the Line Between Its Jocks and Nerds
First Read Report from the International Blockchain Congress By Chuck Mackie and Sarah Rudolph – JLN The second International Blockchain Congress (IBC) took place on Friday at the Aon Center in...
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CME pulls ahead in race to control bitcoin futures
First Read Custody Battle Brewing Over Crypto Assets, and That’s a Good Thing Jim Kharouf, JLN It was just a few months ago that the cryptocurrency markets were bemoaning the lack of...
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A Messy Battle Brews in the Options Market
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Whenever CME Group and Nex Group close their deal, it is expected to boost to CME’s international revenues 35 percent, according to a Q1 report from the...
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Wall Street’s sector shakeup will let more tech stocks shine
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Register now for Eurex’s Derivatives Forum in Stockholm, which they are co-hosting with Danske Bank and SEB! This year’s conference will focus on key issues...
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Illinois Court refuses to dismiss indictment against software developer in...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff On Wednesday, Matthew Kelly of the CME Group taught the law merit badge to a group of scouts as part of the Trading Tech 300 program for the 3rd year in a row....
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Are Amazon Effects Reshaping the Economy?; Hedge funds seek data fees review
First Read A Couple of Takes on the Voice of Blockchain Conference By Sarah Rudolph and Chuck Mackie – JLN A few folks from JLN attended the Voice of Blockchain Conference at Navy Pier this past Friday...
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CME Group floats B share buyout plan; SEC urges completion of CAT
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The most recent episode of “The Spread” – JLN’s options news recap – can be found here. ~SD If you are not a fan of “The Spread” and Spencer Doar, you should be....
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Senate Confirms CFTC Nominees, Filling All Seats; US, Canada regulators in...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Congratulations to Dawn DeBerry Stump and Dan M. Berkovitz, who have been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading...
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Big banks win dismissal in U.S. of bond rigging lawsuit; Finally, CME honors...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff In case you were wondering who CME Group’s Class B board members are: Jeffrey M. Bernacchi, Gedon Hertshten and William W. Hobert were elected in May for one-year...
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Nasdaq admits closing auction blunders; Cboe telling market makers it’s close...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The World Federation of Exchanges’ monthly publication, Focus, is out. In it are comments from the OCC’s Craig Donohue about its new initiatives, a Q&A with...
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The Trader Who Shattered UBS Now Faces His Own Reckoning
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff FinTank now has its own YouTube channel and has posted video from their numerous events.~JJL American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct...
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London’s Tribes of Finance Face Off
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff If you are a broker or CTA, or are interested in learning more about those aspects of the markets, come to the NIBA’s September 13 Chicago Conference at the CME...
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JPMorgan, BlackRock Warn Contagion Hitting Emerging Markets
First Read X_TRADER Transformed The Industry: Now It’s Time To Do It Again Jim Kharouf – JLN The announcement that Trading Technologies will be shutting down its X_TRADER platform is not a big...
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