Effective Government : EI Weekend 2968
Farewell interview from an excellent PM. The Anglo-American thinking rift, Potemkin financial institutions in Africa…EU…Defund the OECD.
FTSE100 @40 : EI 2967
I have taken the liberty of an extended parish note to celebrate the 40th anniversary of FTSE100 futures, as celebrated last evening in London.
All Round Expansionism : EI 2966
Lots of expansionism across the globe with a mega prop trading merger as Gedon’s eponymous empire scoops up Kent’s OSTC combine.
T+1 T+14 : EI 2965
Clearly the Indy 500 looks unlikely to see a lot of US equity settlement folk at the Brickyard Sunday, May 26th but so far no full course yellows for the US, Canada, Mexico T+1 from T+2 tango when the markets reopen after Memorial Day on May 28th.
Yield Curve Connect : EI 2964
Swap Connect enhancements to mark its first anniversary presage the great leap forward to the RMB ETD yield curve on HKEX. Oz Parl feedback on ASX serial failure which resulted in the festering CHESS mess makes for some gruesome reading and JPX seeks to split its stock.
CFTC All Politics No Markets : EI 2963
The sad demise of the CFTC Commission under Chairman Behnam makes the TLD Biden admin look almost competent by comparison - and that’s an ongoing disaster.
Fixing The Unfixable?: EI Weekend 2962
Ideological capture? FT’s problem solving failures. Staying ahead of the curve, meh? Demise of a famous dog, the live of a remarkable raven.
IPO Grow?: EI 2961
LSEG reckons its IPO pipeline is growing. The trouble is the world’s market leaders, Nasdaq and NYSE have a faucet that just keeps flowing.
Terrific Tadawul! : EI 2960
A classic bourse network effect, trading volume jumps and profits soar, great news from Tadawul.
EU Flywheel Needs To Turn: Exchange Invest 2959
EU along with Oliver Wyman delivers a simple flywheel approach seeking to kickstart more dynamic investment.
SGX’s Dilemma: Exchange Invest 2958
Singapore is perfectly sized to be a regional financial centre but as a bourse the domestic market’s modest dimensions / population make it tough to attract a full content of listings locally.
Spring MOU Madness? : Exchange Invest 2957
There are a raft of MOUs, will they impress or conform to Young’s Law of MOUs (AKA the ultimate deliverable being less valuable than the air miles expended to sign the cooperation).
Espionage data overload: EI Weekend 2956
Mercenaries, Pirates, Sneaks, Snitches, Spies. Espionage data overload, crazy counter terrorism, CZ sentenced.
Exchange Invest 2955: All Weather Excellence
Fabulous results from ICE remind us of the difference management can make to modern bourse groups.
Exchange Invest 2954: Hosking’s Broadside
A wildly busy day - all the more frustrating as I had to put this newsletter together all by myself as everybody else got a day off to celebrate the poor saps killed in the failed search for successful socialism yesterday.
