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London’s Incredible Shrinking Stock Market

Back in 2016, Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, revealed that it was considering an offer for the London Stock Exchange Group Plc.

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LCH hires ex-JP clearing head Rustad to run SwapClear, Listed Rates

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Sarah Pritchard was appointed as the UK Financial Conduct Authority's first deputy chief executive as the FCA attempts to bolster its oversight of the crypto and digital assets industry.

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FROM JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS

Russell Robertson’s transition from prop trading to tech development

In part two of John Lothian’s video interview with Russell Robertson, Robertson discussed the sweeping changes made by technological developments such as algorithmic trading.

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A Family Business—Without the Family Name: How GuavaTech’s Debt-Free Culture Powers Its Options Tech Empire

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.-(JLN)-June 12, 2025—In a world where fintech startups chase unicorn status and rack up debt, Chris Barczyk, CEO of GuavaTech, is proud to be the odd one out. “A lot of people knock, but the reality is since we are profitable and debt-free, it does set us apart,” Barczyk told John Lothian News at the Options Industry Conference. “We’re not beholden to high interest rates and things they have to deal with when you are debt-laden.”

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Russell Robertson’s Baptism of Fire and Long Career in the Global Markets

Russell Robertson, currently the chief commercial officer at the Gulf Mercantile Exchange, was born in Scotland and moved to the UK at the age of seven. He was fascinated by the businessmen with umbrellas and bowler hats who took the trains to the City (of London) and back every day. He got his first job in the City at the age of 19 after he finished college. He showed up in an oversized Marks & Spencer suit and his dad’s briefcase. In those days you knocked on headhunters’ doors to get work and that’s how he got his first job, with Republic Bank of New York, working in the back office of the bullion department.

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Options Trading Evolves as Retail Traders Grow More Sophisticated, Says OptionsPlay’s Tony Zhang

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (JLN) – Retail options traders have become more sophisticated than ever, leveraging advanced strategies and technology to navigate today’s fast-moving markets, according to Tony Zhang, chief strategist and CNBC contributor at OptionsPlay.

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Gold, Tariffs, and Contracts: K&L Gates’ Thomas Allen Offers Guidance on Navigating Trade Disruption

ELMHURST, IL (JLN) – June 9, 2025 – As U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods soar to prohibitive levels, businesses are facing unprecedented challenges in fulfilling commercial contracts, according to Thomas Allen, partner at K&L Gates, in an interview with John Lothian News.

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ORATS CEO Matt Amberson on Navigating Volatility Spikes, Zero DTE, and the Rise of Automated Options Trading

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.-(JLN)-June 9, 2025 – In the world of options trading, where fortunes can hinge on a single tick, Matt Amberson, CEO of ORATS, has a front-row seat to the market’s latest plot twists. At the Options Conference in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Amberson described a landscape transformed: “Clients have been able to kind of cruise for a while with the market going up and not too many volatility spikes, but now we’re having record days every day it seems like. People need now to be a little bit more nuanced in the strategies that they’re doing, and ORATS could really help them with that.”

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