Flip Pidot

May
29

Exchange Invest 2063: Weekend Edition W/ Podcast

David Craig exited as Refinitiv chief precisely one month to the day after we said he would. The first casualty as the LSEG’s Refinitiv big data play goes awry.
3 min read
May
29

096 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast May 29th, 2021

Nicholas Aguzin brings a gaucho wave to Hong Kong Exchanges while as predicted - David Craig exits Refinitiv under a cloud.
9 min read
May
28

Exchange Invest 2062: Reuters Free To View Again

Manic Friday as clearly every story gets filed ahead of the UK/US bank holidays. It’s a vital scroll...before we can all sit down and enjoy the Indy 500 Sunday (go go go Paretta Motorsports and driver Simona de Silvestro!).
10 min read
May
26

Exchange Invest 2060: Hiom Out At ASX

Peter Hiom caps a 23-year run at ASX, leaving the self-proclaimed technology company with the headache of finding a new highly paid ‘patsy’ to front the announcements of future failures, CHESS delays etc.
9 min read
May
25

Exchange Invest 2059: TASE Profits Dip

Tel Aviv SE sees a Q1 profit dip. Meanwhile, in “Parish Notes” we close the gap and sadly demonstrate that the C-suite of TP ICAP have more than destroyed all the value that was once represented by the standalone TP.
7 min read
May
24

Exchange Invest 2058: Aguzin Starts At HKEX

Nicolas Aguzin has started work at HKEX, replacing Charles Li after an epic decade for the Hong Kong Exchange - ‘may you live in interesting times’ and all that is clearly the challenge ahead for the new CEO at the top of the pyramid who arrives with much banking but little exchange...
10 min read
May
22

Exchange Invest 2057: Weekend Edition W/ Podcast

A load of hot air? Emissions of value again in London as Coinbase’s results cannot stifle an accelerating stock slide.
4 min read
May
21

Exchange Invest 2056: Massive HKEX Listings Shake Up

PLY: I would hasten to add BTW that anyway in their inestimable idiocy, I mean Bloomberg keep some stuff for terminal only and they don't quite seem to licence every story to their feeds (but Yahoo Finance has most of it) while for Reuters every story is on either Yahoo Finance, KFGO, or Nasdaq...)
7 min read
May
21

Flip Pidot: At the Sharp End of Prediction Markets

Flip Pidot is the founder and managing director of Sharp Square Capital, LLC, an alternative investment management firm specializing in event futures.
1 min read
May
19

Exchange Invest 2054: ICE Invests In BondLink

ICE have invested in Bondlink’s series B presaging a Muni shake up, while Britain - poised on an Australian trade deal breakthrough - sees its Brexit negotiation supremo politely ask the City of London to adjust to the new global reality.
7 min read