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Solidifying the Brand – Mark Haraburda, Barchart
While Barchart.com might be the most recognizable part of Barchart’s business, CEO Mark Haraburda said 2017 was instrumental in presenting a more holistic view of the company’s varying activit...
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Solidifying the Brand – Mark Haraburda, Barchart
While Barchart.com might be the most recognizable part of Barchart’s business, CEO Mark Haraburda said 2017 was instrumental in presenting a more holistic view of the company’s varying activit...
Electronic Trading Adoption and Crypto Parallels – Richard Sandor, AFX
“Sometimes these exogenous shocks force us to look at things that we do in...
Addressing the Financing Needs of Midsize Banks – Richard Sandor, AFX
Started at the end of 2015 to address the interbank funding needs of small and m...
Revamping Nasdaq’s Tech Approach – Lars Ottersgård, Nasdaq
After Adena Friedman became Nasdaq’s CEO at the end of 2016, the exchange grou...
The Spread – Week of 4/16 to 4/20
The options industry just got a new jewel – MIAX announced it would launch...
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A Decade on From the GFC – John Davidson, OCC; Cleverness vs. Manipulation?
Observations & Insight Miscellany of the day Spencer Doar – JLN According to the most recent post on the Bank of England’s Bank Underground blog, the “volatility exposure of leve...
Cboe Letter on Improving VIX Settlement Process; Matrix Executions’ High Touch Trading Desk fo
Lead Stories Letter from Cboe CEO Ed Tilly and President Chris Concannon regardi...
It’s a Scary Time to Be Trading Wall Street’s Fear Index
Observations & Insight Cybersecurity and Technology Upgrades – John Da...
NASDAQ’s Longfin options tangle; Creative FX trades; Manipulation talk
Lead Stories Now NASDAQ gets in a tangle Jamie Powell – Financial Times La...
VIX concerns; Europe vol gauge manipulation “unlikely”
Lead Stories VIX Rigging Talk Erupts on Wall Street After Another Wild Swing Lu ...
John Lothian Newsletter
The 30 minutes that have an outsized role in US stock trading
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Two notewort...
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J. Christopher Giancarlo
CFTC chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo plans to overhaul the rules for swaps trades in response to industry concerns that the rules are overly prescriptive and do not fulfill the intentions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. Giancarlo said he expects a rule proposal on trade execution this year.