Apr
27
The End of the Preussian Era
Andreas Preuss who clearly shaped a lot of DTB then EUREX ....
4 min read
Featured Articles
A collection of features about the exchange world, including news and deal analysis by our founder Patrick L Young
Apr
25
Adventures in Cryptoland: The New New Thing
I am drawing a few vignettes or perhaps conclusions on the crypto / DLT space in an irregular series of articles from now on, partly because it’s vital for the legacies to understand and also because it is insightful of the whole current bubble.
1 min read
Apr
24
A Tale of Two DB's
Perhaps it’s the risk of inhaling too many diesel fumes from those dodgy automobiles made in Deutschland...
2 min read
Apr
23
Bitlicence Backlash
The problem here seems to be one where the NY AG has already worn out his welcome with many areas of the Bitcoin community.
2 min read
Apr
21
DB1 - Inching Towards the Light?
Discredited as a reputable regulated market, DB1 is now a shrivelled strategy free shambles. Enter stage left the new CEO Theodor Weimer.
3 min read
Apr
20
Cinnober: A Changing Of The Guard
As I noted on EI net: On Cinnober (March 27nd, 2018), there have been rumours of a changing of the guard in some form at Cinnober and now the Cinnober AGM data has emerged and it appears I was not far of the mark (as if you ever doubted me, dear reader).
5 min read
Apr
19
AIM Misfire
This leads to the possibility that of course LSE is doing the old legacy exchange trick of burying larger costs than might be normal in a more competitive tendering situation on an incumbent group company…
2 min read
Apr
18
Three Dimensional Management
Those educated in a binary universe of buy/sell long/short cash markets are, frankly, inferior.
1 min read
Apr
17
That TASE - Manikay Deal
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange simply announced it would sell itself out a few months back….
3 min read
Apr
17
David Schwimmer: What We Do “Know”
Fairly classic Goldmans kind of guy from Upper Eastside New York reform Jewish circles, thrusting career, ivy league education and presumably no lack of belief in his self-worth;
2 min read
Apr
16
LSE New CEO - Introduction
“However now we have left the Xavier era, clearly the LSE needs a whole new approach – an outbreak of management away from Xav’s persistent reputation for micromanaging (at least in the first half of his CEO-dom) is required and indeed a huge focus on efficiency, integration and technology.”
2 min read
Apr
13
MIFID II - Kubler Ross Update
Therein, the man who memorably, presciently, and with 100% accuracy noted: “"Not to sugarcoat it, I think it [MiFID II] is the worst piece of legislation I’ve ever seen in the history of my career."
2 min read
Apr
12
Adventures in Cryptoland: Introduction
Great things are afoot, albeit in places laced with the kind of, well, youth and exuberance which serves up interesting insights…
1 min read
Apr
08
Spotify: A few final thoughts
The life cycle of Spotify had been trading a bit north of 40 up to around 115 dollars before listing - so in other words for all the complaints about Spotify’s volatility in a very volatile underlying week for the stock market, actually the stock was above the upper echelons of private trading.
1 min read
Apr
07
Spotify: Raising Money?
Spotify has found a decent equilibrium; From here it could actually engage an investment bank to do a follow on of some kind - and likely not suffer a huge dip in price...or a rights with a lesser discount.
2 min read
