Asia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 14, 2017
Lead Stories A Chicago trading firm is setting up shop in Singapore to dominate the bitcoin market in Asia Frank Chaparro – Business Insider DRW, the Chicago-based trading firm, is expanding its...
View ArticleFANG+ Puts the UMPH Back into the Markets and Exchange Competition
Hallelujah! The magical power of innovation from exchange competition in Chicago is alive and well after a noticeable absence. The NYSE FANG+ index at ICE Futures US is the most innovative and timely...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 15, 2017
Lead Stories Shares Plummet as Investors Lose Faith in Asia’s Top Stock By Jeanny Yu – Bloomberg Semiconductor Manufacturing plunges most since February 2014; Stock had almost doubled since beginning...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 16, 2017
Lead Stories CQG Announces Strategic Leadership Changes to Support CQG China Launch; Rod Giffen Named President, CQG APAC; Ryan Moroney Appointed President, CQG Europe and the Americas CQG CQG has had...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian New – November 17, 2017
Lead Stories Asia’s Cities Could Save the Planet; New urbanites need greener buildings to live and work in By The Editors – Bloomberg The world’s cities will add 2.5 billion more residents by 2050,...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 20, 2017
Lead Stories China Looks to the Dumb Money for Its Financial Industry; A slowing economy suggests the sector is under strain and needs help. By Noah Smith – Bloomberg China is opening its financial...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 21, 2017
Lead Stories Wealthy Asian Buyers Scoop Up Trophy Properties in London; Private investors from China, Hong Kong often price out institutions, and cash-only bids keep U.K. lenders on the sidelines By...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 22, 2017
Lead Stories Asian American Executives Are Missing on Wall Street; The group makes up less than 15 percent of upper management at four of the biggest U.S. banks Laura Colby – Bloomberg Asian Americans...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian New – November 27, 2017
Lead Stories Time for ‘Asia-first’ thinking as the US and Europe question financial regulations South China Morning Post Andrew Sheng says that Asian economies should take a hint from ‘America first’,...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 28, 2017
Lead Stories Banks invited to work on Great Wall’s $2bn Hong Kong float; Asset management company tasked with cleaning up China’s bad debt plans IPO for 2018 Don Weinland in Hong Kong – FT China Great...
View ArticleJim Kharouf Resigns as CEO of John J. Lothian & Company, Inc.; Will Continue...
Jim Kharouf is stepping down as CEO of John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. at the end of the year after having assumed the role on January 1, 2017. Kharouf is leaving the company as an employee, but...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 29, 2017
Lead Stories India Restores Faith in Capitalism; Handling bankruptcies right is key to reviving the credibility of India Inc. By Mihir Sharma – Bloomberg According to one of India’s most respected...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – November 30, 2017
Lead Stories Australian Banks’ U-Turn on Misconduct Probe Is Bid to Cut Risk By Emily Cadman – Bloomberg Government sets up Royal Commission into alleged failings; Tight deadlines, strict terms may...
View ArticlePutting on My Broker Hat About Bitcoin
Everyone is asking about bitcoin. A journalist called and asked to interview me. A magazine called and asked me to write something. A brokerage firm chief risk manager called to ask me my opinion about...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – December 1, 2017
Lead Stories Trump puts talks to boost China economic ties on ice; Treasury’s David Malpass says Beijing is not liberalising economy as hoped Sam Fleming in New York and Shawn Donnan in Washington – FT...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – December 4, 2017
Lead Stories Asia To Stay World’s Fastest-Growing Region Through 2030; Asia should remain the world’s economic heavyweight for another 10 years. By Anthony Fensom – The Diplomat The global economy is...
View ArticleAsia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian – December 5, 2017
Lead Stories Trump’s Tax Plan Triggers Ire From China to the EU By Mark Deen , Birgit Jennen , and Viktoria Dendrinou – Bloomberg European Union finance ministers to review U.S. legislation Concern...
View ArticleThe Silent Screams of the Bitcoin Shorts
If bitcoin were a standard commodity or securities instrument, headlines would be screaming about how the “shorts” were being squeezed. With bitcoin in a parabolic price rise, some calling it a mania,...
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Asia Pacific Financial News from John Lothian News – December 6, 2017
Lead Stories ASX selects distributed ledger technology to replace CHESS Reuters Staff Australia’s main bourse ASX Ltd on Thursday said it would replace its existing technology used to record...
View ArticleTwo Powerful Futures Industry Female Leaders Step Down
Kim Taylor of the CME Group and Maureen Downs of RCG have stepped down from prominent positions of power in the futures industry in the last couple of weeks. Downs stepped down as president of RCG, a...
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