Bob Greifeld

Jun
09

Exchange Invest 2071: LME floor saved

LME floor reopening, we make no claim to have been helped, but we didn’t like the idea of closure while we still see economic value in the ring...
10 min read
Nov
13

Exchange Invest 1618: Nasdaq Divest NFX to EEX

Some see a sale of assets that could not quite reach the duopoly. Reposition your vision on the vast forest and ignore the trees: it’s all about big data.
5 min read
Oct
20

Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast 018

Another five small steps for mankind and a small week for markets in many ways. Welcome to the exchange invest weekly.
5 min read
Oct
18

Exchange Invest 1601: David Warren to Quit LSE

David Warren retiring as LSEG CFO.
3 min read
Oct
12

Exchange Invest Weekly 017

A Deal! A deal! My kingdom for a deal! Finally ladies and gentlemen we've got it: One bourse and another...Welcome to the Exchange Invest Weekly.
10 min read
Nov
01

Exchange Invest 1114: November 1, 2017

LSE on Repo clearing - logic applies while the media parades its crass ignorance. CME volte face to bring Bitcoin futures to a top tier marketplace.
6 min read
Jul
24

Exchange Invest 1042: July 24, 2017

Virtu closes Acquisition of KCG making Bob Greifeld Virtu Chairman. SIX updates NASDAQ systems in Switzerland as DGCX gains another recognition for its CCP.
4 min read
Mar
10

NASDAQ ISE - Large Options

ICE will be delighted to hear that DB1 now has a billion of cash which Jeff Sprecher will soon ensure is siphoned to LSE shareholders if he doesn’t buy it himself.
4 min read
Mar
08

Life in Limbo

There are those who will clearly say it is harsh to describe double-figure billion market caps as being “limbo” but look at the realpolitik of the area in which LSE and NASDAQ populates:
4 min read
Feb
24

DB1 LSE A Ponzi of Equals?

Getting fat is a long way from getting fit and as for smart?
7 min read
Jan
06

Exchange Invest 660: January 06, 2016

FINRA will examine how well HFT firms are protecting their systems from unscrupulous traders who are trying to manipulate markets.
8 min read
Oct
28

LSE NASDAQ & The Middle Oasis

They are too large to be simple prey and at the same time, are still, despite many deals, just not large enough to be able to make it easily to the exchange “big time.”
4 min read
Sep
10

Exchange Invest 586: September 10 2015

BM&F surprises with this trim but says it intends to maintain its remaining holdings.
8 min read
Apr
24

Exchange Invest 486: April 24 2015

A frantic week ends in curiosity and recriminations about where the lawsuit missiles will deliver payload on the whole “Flash Crash” becomes a Surveillance Hash issue.
11 min read
Feb
02

Exchange Invest 430: February 02 2015

It’s time to wheel out those Berlin bunker videos and wonder if it’s a GFI board meeting. Mickey Gooch is not about to become impoverished but he is up against the wall.
7 min read