JLN Managed Futures: Strong start to 2016 for CTAs; Liquidation of MF Global...
Observations/Commentary Better Late than Never JLN Managed futures apologizes for being a day late in the delivery of the mid-month edition. Today’s issue brings you a bit of everything from lousy...
View ArticleProfiles: Tom Kadlec
From regulation to technology to the revenue structure, futures commission merchants have experienced drastic changes over the last 30 years, as Tom Kadlec, CEO of ADM Investor Services, knows full...
View ArticleLisa Dunsky, OCC – Hit By A Brick: How Setbacks Shape Your Career
“Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” – Steve Jobs, at the commencement speech at Stanford in 2005. It’s sometimes hard to see what challenges and setbacks...
View ArticleCorzine Agrees to Futures Industry Ban in CFTC Settlement; Hyperledger...
First Read The End Of The Line Jim Kharouf, JLN So it appears this is the end of the line for Jon Corzine, the disgraced former head of MF Global, the man who essentially brought down the firm with...
View ArticleThe End Of The Line
So it appears this is the end of the line for Jon Corzine, the disgraced former head of MF Global, the man who essentially brought down the firm with lousy trades on European debt markets, helped...
View ArticleUK court upholds ICE Trayport sale order; State Street to Start Voting...
First Read Rosenthal Collins Group Appoints Matthew Straight CIO Press Release Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (RCG), a leading independent futures clearing firm, announced the appointment of Matthew...
View ArticleDismantling Dodd-Frank May Have to Wait; How the Euro Could Break Up—or Be...
First Read More power to ’em: Nodal acquired by EEX Spencer Doar – JLN The UK doesn’t want ICE to have Trayport. The LSE/Deutsche Boerse deal looks dead in the water. But in one neck of the exchange...
View ArticlePost-Bitcoin Technology Has Geeks, Giants, and Hackers Excited; Acting SEC...
First Read Bits & Pieces By John J. Lothian John Lothian News has learned that OCC President and COO Mike McClain has resigned and left the organization. His last day was two days ago when the OCC...
View ArticleTime to Close the Asset Class Ban Loophole
Corzine and his ilk Should be Banned Across All Asset Classes With the recent news that former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine is attempting to make a comeback at age 70 as a hedge fund manager, it became...
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