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| CME loses key battle in potentially costly trader lawsuit |
Thousands of longtime members of Chicago's futures exchanges, who say CME Group tanked the value of their memberships, are closer to winning damages that could run well into the hundreds of millions.
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| $54,506/$300,000 (18%) Donors: Melanie Budden- The Realization Group |
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| MWE PRESENTS: THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES: DOUG HARRIS PROVIDES AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT INDUSTRY INNOVATION |
Douglas E. Harris not only can talk about the History of Financial Futures, he was a part of its development.
In this video interview with John Lothian, Harris traces his beginnings in the industry back to 1975, when he began work as an associate for the then-small law firm Baer Marks & Upham and was assigned helping exchanges including Comex determine what rules it would need to file to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, then in its infancy.
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| | | Risky Options Trading Worries Regulators; Bitcoin’s Weekend Woes; CME Unveils University Trading Challenge Winners |
– FINRA seeks to more closely monitor options trading to protect new retail investors; Crypto volatility continues; MIAX notches another record; Top 5 winners of CME Group’s trading contest include Loyola University Chicago, University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University; – “John’s Take:” A bittersweet farewell to John J. Lothian & Co.’s office on LaSalle Street; – Jermal Chandler looks at American-style options' parameters in the “Term of the Week.”
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| | | FIA ASIA-V: CALL FOR GREATER OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY UNANIMOUS, BUT ‘WE NEED A FEW HEROES’ |
Timing is everything in the derivatives industry. In the case of IncubEx, which develops financial products in environmental, climate risk and related commodity markets, the company appears to be right on time.
In an interview with John Lothian News at FIA Expo, Dan Scarbrough, the founder, president and COO of IncubEx, described his start in the industry with the Chicago Climate Exchange more than 15 years ago. The Intercontinental Exchange bought the Chicago Climate Exchange and its parent company, the Climate Exchange, in 2010.
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| | | FIA ASIA-V PANEL ADDRESSES LESSONS FROM ARCHEGOS DEFAULT |
The first topic brought up at the panel titled “Future State: Where do we go from here?” at FIA Asia-V was the fallout from Archegos Capital Management and what the industry might learn from it.
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| | | FIA ASIA-V: MAJOR EXCHANGE LEADERS HIGHLIGHT GROWTH, VIBRANCY IN ASIA |
The leaders of three of the major Asian exchanges spoke separately in keynote addresses on the first day of FIA Asia Expo-V. They talked about the rapid change in the financial industry over the past few years, the opportunities for growth in the region, and what’s on the table for their exchanges in the near future. What follows is a summary of their individual remarks.
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| | | FIA ASIA-V: FACING CHALLENGES OF PANDEMIC, OPPORTUNITIES IN RETAIL, ESG AND CRYPTO |
Much like its Western counterpart, the Asian derivatives industry spent the last year navigating an ever-changing environment dominated by the pandemic and the emergence of new market trends in retail investment, cryptocurrencies and ESG.
In a discussion on the outlook for Asia-Pacific exchanges on Day One of the FIA’s Asia-V conference, panel participants reported no slowdowns in opportunities despite a host of challenges faced by exchange-traded markets in 2021.
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| | | FIRESIDE CHAT LAUNCHES FIA ASIA WITH REGULATORY DISCUSSION |
Regulatory issues were the first order of business at the first panel of FIA Asia Tuesday Morning (Monday night for those of us in Chicago) as Walt Lukken held a virtual fireside chat with Sharon Shi, chair of FIA Asia’s regional advisory board and managing director at G.H. Financials, and Bill Herder, FIA’s head of Asia-Pacific.
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| | | HEMP PRICES HOLD MOSTLY STEADY AS YEAR END APPROACHES; ADDED VOLATILITY SEEN IN 2022 |
— Hempcrete finds a new role in as a carbon reduction agent
As the books close on the fall harvest, most midpoint hemp prices remain steady to marginally higher, according to the November 2021 PanXchange Hemp: Benchmark & Analysis report.
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| | | SUZANNE COSGROVE ACCEPTS NEW ROLE, LEAVES JLN FOR PR AGENCY; ALEX PERRY PROMOTED FROM INTERN TO ASSOCIATE EDITOR |
JLN Deputy Managing Editor Suzanne Cosgrove gave her notice to John Lothian News and accepted a position with Purpose Brand, a woman-run, Chicago-based PR, brand, and digital marketing company that’s all about diversity and inclusion and seeks to expand its coverage of financial firms. She leaves JLN at the end of the year and starts her new position on January 3, 2022.
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| | | JLN VIDEO INTERVIEW: STEP BY STEP, HKEX’S KEVIN RIDEOUT BUILDS INTEREST IN CHINA A 50 |
China’s new economy — and markets — appear to have found a new hedging tool.
In an interview with John Lothian News, Kevin Rideout, managing director, global client development at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), talked about the launch and reception for MSCI China A 50 Connect Index Futures, launched on October 18.
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