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CME completes £3.9 billion NEX Group acquisition
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff It is a big day for the CME Group. They completed their acquisition of NEX Group, they won the long overdue case brought by Eurex over the CBOT/Eurex US battle,...
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Shanghai to launch new tech board; Index proliferation adds choice but fuels...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff My musician nephew Andrew Lothian has released a new song to encourage young people to get out and vote. You can watch and listen to the Youtube version HERE.~JJL...
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We live in an age of unprecedented risks; Supply crunch looms in commodities
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff If you are a U.S. citizen registered to vote, GET OUT AND VOTE! If you are not registered to vote and live in Illinois, you can register to vote on Election Day...
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Virtu to Buy ITG in Almost $1 Billion Deal; CME’s Nex to apply for Dutch...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff From Trading Technologies: “It is with sadness we share that Louise Moore, a London-based customer success manager at TT for the last five years, lost her 2-year...
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Big investors sue 16 banks over FX rigging; Market cops step up fight against...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff I have been authorized to share with you that Jim Oliff has recently been diagnosed with squamous carcinoma, a cancer at the base of his tongue. The good news is...
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SEC, EtherDelta founder settle charges over unregistered exchange; Wall...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Thank you to the reader who reached out to Jim Oliff with his story of being a cancer survivor for six years with the same type of cancer. The readers of this...
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Meet the Robot Who Knows How to Trade Bonds Better Than You Do
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff On Sunday I commemorated the end of World War I and Veterans Day in the US by attending a program at Elmhurst College put on by a local VFW group. The Elmhurst...
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SGX launches new securities settlement and depository system
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Yesterday’s Cult Wines seminar in Chicago brought the business of wine investment to the city. This unregulated $5 billion market offers some interesting...
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Look at issuing digital currency, IMF head tells central banks
First Read Coinigy Joins with Merkle Data to Provide Enhanced Data Thom Thompson – John Lothian News Coinigy, the Milwaukee-based cryptocurrency trading front-end and data service, announced an...
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Stock Traders Say Brexit Deal ‘Dead in the Water’ as Raab Leaves
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Matthew Kelly of the CME Group is participating in Movember and growing an awesome beard and mustache. You can donate to Matthew’s campaign to support men’s health...
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Opposition mounts as CME looks to slim down its board
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Yesterday’s LaSalle Street Trading Tech Awards program was good fun for a good cause, despite the absence of one John Lothian. (His surgery went well – you can...
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The Oil Price Is Now Controlled By Just Three Men; Environment and Economy...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff There is an episode of “The Spread” to be released later this morning. Stay tuned. ~SD Nodal Exchange listed its first North American environmental contracts on...
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SEC Crypto Settlements Spur Expectations of Wider Crackdown; Options firm...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff I am home from the hospital. I actually came home on Saturday. I will be working from home for the next week, which works out nicely with Thanksgiving and the kids...
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Bitcoin-Rigging Criminal Probe Focused Tether Ties; CFTC presses ISDA over...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A reminder to our readers that there will not be a JLN newsletter tomorrow, but there will be one on Friday. JLN Options will not be published Thursday or Friday....
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Bitcoin’s crash not the end of cyber currencies – FT; Exchange Shuts Louis...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The CME Group, which in November stands for “Chicago Mustache Exchange” has raised $78,415 for men’s health. Bryan Durkin is the biggest fundraiser with $20,272...
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Climate change could cost US billions, report finds
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Snow day! It is a snow day in Chicago. The JLN staff is working from home and many schools across the area are closed due to the winter storm that dumped 4 to 12...
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Nasdaq Plans to Pursue Bitcoin Futures Despite Plunging Prices
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Please stop for a moment today and give to your favorite charities as part of Giving Tuesday, a global giving movement.~JJL On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, ICAP,...
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Former NYSE CEO to head up crypto code of conduct group
First Read Consensus: Invest recap Chuck Mackie – John Lothian News In May 2018, Coindesk held its three-day Consensus conference in New York with huge and enthusiastic crowds going crazy over all...
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Deutsche Bank Raided by Police in Money-Laundering Probe
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Deutsche Boerse says “trade and do good” – on 6 December as transaction and trading fees @BoerseFrankfurt will be donated to non-profit organisations. How do you...
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CME loses vote to cut directors
First Read The Business Bitmain Dominates Thom Thompson – John Lothian News Bitmain, maybe the world’s largest cryptocurrency company, told us a lot about the risks and rewards inherent in being a...
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