Les Male

Mar
25

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2619: From AI to Obsolescence

Chinese IDB Data Cut; FTX and their GUBU Loans; LME get hit with a minor warrant issue in Nickel; B3 are All In On Vermiculus; Happy 160 years to Stockholm; And there's a big Swiss Imbalance in the shareholder register
6 min read
Mar
23

Developing Commodity Exchanges With Les Male

Les was most recently CEO of both Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and the Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC) – the largest and most diversified derivatives Exchange group in the Middle East.
1 min read
Mar
23

Exchange Invest 2617: MEMX Options Round

SEC seeks to reduce its preponderance of paper as it crawls a little closer to the digital age while LME Nickel contracts are in dire need of modernisation according to a broad range of commodity companies as battery demand reshapes the market.
12 min read
Jan
24

Exchange Invest 2567: SBF Threatened

SBF has been threatened - #unacceptable - but that only raises more questions about the families assets. ICE launches a nifty new electricity future while the Motley Fool goes bourse operator bullish. Happy scrolling.
7 min read
Jan
23

Exchange Invest 2566: EUREX STIR

Can the EU’s (Brexit) protectionism finally deliver growth to the continent in one product at least?
14 min read
Jan
21

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2565: J’accuse!

PLY: A Saturday special long read in the Bitcarnage canon - our exclusive coverage of the FTX demise and more during the long, hard winter of cryptocurrency.
5 min read
Jan
20

Exchange Invest 2564: FTX Lazarus?

Can FTX really rise from the dead? Meanwhile Binance is named as a major counterparty to the decapitated by DOJ exchange Bitzlato and lots of legacy exchange news as ICE seeks to revolutionize energy trade paperwork.
16 min read
Jan
18

Exchange Invest 2562: IBKR Interest Rises

f FTX US was not actually ‘whole’ - how on earth did allegedly ‘grown up’ management not realize? Once again the unrepentant CFTC Chairman looks, at best, foolish.
12 min read
Jan
17

Exchange Invest 2561: Vale Nick Carew

Sad news as LIFFE Veteran Nick Carew Hunt has passed away while Borsa Italiana are in pole position to provide Euronext’s CCP facilities.
10 min read
Jan
16

Exchange Invest 2560: LSE Young & Scrappy

…All of the above is a touch sobering methinks but then again new bull markets occur while the headlines are overwhelmingly pessimistic. In this case, at least half of the requirement is clearly being met.
10 min read
Jan
14

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2559: Cash, Ghosted

Plaudits to CBOE’s BIDS division who have clearly placed blue water across European block trading against long-time market leader Liquidnet...
4 min read
Jan
13

Exchange Invest 2558: FCA Says No To LME?

…Perhaps the only interesting point is that SBF not only feels wronged by CZ and John J Ray III but also Sullivan & Cromwell - which leaves him and 4 Senators (EI 2557) on the same side regarding the latter law firm albeit from different perspectives.
11 min read
Jan
12

Exchange Invest 2557: Xpansiv Fundraising

Over in Bitcarnage, it’s curious to report that an asset that is one eighth bid on the dollar is being perceived as bombed out but it’s actually a better return than buying Coinbase stock at the highs
10 min read
Jan
11

Exchange Invest 2556: Nickel Nightmare Report

Oliver Wyman has published their Nickel nightmare report making recommendations for future LME rejuvenation.
11 min read
Jun
25

149 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast June 25th, 2022

Hong Kong Exchange celebrated its 22nd Anniversary of its listing in Hong Kong and the reopening of the Hong Kong Exchange Connect Hall following an extensive refurbishment programme.
12 min read