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CME pursuit of Nex reflects shift in US money markets; SEC fine of radio...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Yesterday my six foot six inch tall son Robby was diagnosed with a partially collapsed lung, or spontaneous pneumothorax, which is common in tall, thin youth. As a...
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Top Regulator Worries About Crypto Market Manipulation; CFTC ‘astounded’ as...
First Read Congressional CFTC Budget Decision Lacks Vision and Reason John Lothian – JLN A reasonable person could see that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission needs an increase in its budget...
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Bank of America ‘systematically’ misled clients about stock trades
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Robby Lothian is home from the hospital and doing well. Thank you for the notes and prayers.~JJL My three nephews collaborated on a music video in support of the...
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What the World’s Governments Are Saying About Cryptocurrencies
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A young man from my church is going to graduate from college in May and is looking to embark on the beginning of his career in finance. He eventually wants to work...
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Intercontinental Exchange Announces Marketing and Communications Leadership...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Chris White and Viable Markets have invited me to participate in their Crypto Evolved – The Innovator’s Conference. The conference will look at “As Wall Street...
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CME Group Seals Deal to Buy U.K.’s NEX for $5.4 Billion
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series dates are set for Chicago and New York. This is the 6th year of the series that began in 2013 in Chicago. The...
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NYSE in Talks to Buy Chicago Stock Exchange
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff For those of our readers who celebrate Easter, I hope this Easter holiday brings your family health, happiness, and lots of love.~JJL Easter is the only time when...
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CME rules out asset sales after Nex deal; Euronext eyes post-Brexit...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Compliance And Regulatory Liaison, from Trading Technologies, available April 1, 2018 TT.~JJL If you missed our early edition of The Spread – our options-related...
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SEC charges ICO backers with fraud; Libor alternative; UK gender pay gaps
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Dr. Richard Sandor, chairman and CEO of AFX, will discuss his personal journey of innovation throughout the capital markets during a keynote presentation at...
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Bidding war erupts over Fidessa acquisition; Spotify debut; China retaliates
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Yesterday I |announced some promotions for John Lothian News staff members. Managing Editor Sarah Rudolph added the title head of editorial operations, and Spencer...
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Big bank tech arms race; South Korea Detains Crypto Execs; Rival Fidessa...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Euronext celebrated the 40th anniversary of its options exchange in Amsterdam yesterday. In conjunction, they also celebrated Drumming Day, a centuries old...
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Regulatory Crypto Crackdown; CME grain pushback
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Intercontinental Exchange Group’s market cap was $42.2 billion yesterday. Last August, it was $38.8 billion. In 2005, after its IPO, it was $2 billion.~JK...
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Deutsche Bank ousts John Cryan and names Christian Sewing as chief
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff JLN Contributing Global Markets Editor Jim Kharouf will be in Washington, DC representing us at the IFM “Smart Financial Regulation Roundtable: Implications of...
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Wall Street Is About to Answer the Good/Bad Volatility Question
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Readers, we have an industry colleague, Tony DiBenedetto, who needs our help. Tony is a 35-year industry veteran who spent his entire career at NYMEX. After...
View ArticleWidespread Fraud in ICOs and Penny Stocks Shocked SEC’s Jay Clayton
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Thank you to all who donated to the Gofundme campaigns mentioned in the newsletter yesterday. I could not be more proud of you all for your outpouring of support...
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How a volatility virus infected Wall Street
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff At yesterday’s IFM Smart Financial Regulation Roundtable: Implications of Cryptocurrencies in Washington DC, Rostin Behnam, commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading...
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LSE Hires Goldman’s Schwimmer as CEO, Ending Long Search
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The London Stock Exchange Group has appointed the American Goldman Sachs banker David Schwimmer as chief executive officer.~JJL The World Federation of Exchanges’...
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CME Record International ADV; Martin Act Opposition; Nasdaq Completes...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Congratulations to the World Federation of Exchanges on its IOMA Clearing & Derivatives Conference, concluded on Friday. The event, as usual, attracted...
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Kraken Pulls Out of Japan; Attorney Berkovitz to CFTC; Russia blamed for...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A JLN Special: The 4th annual FinTech Exchange hosted by Barchart on April 25 & 26 in Chicago is giving away 10 tickets to the event, hosted at Venue SIX10 at...
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NY Pushes Crypto Exchanges for Transparency; ICE’s SONIA Futures; Nasdaq’s...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Barbara Bush, matriarch of a U.S. political clan, has died at the age of 92. Mrs. Bush was once the featured speaker at a lunch at FIA’s Boca Raton conference. At...
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