Among the stories we cover this month are:
- ICE announces a new, ambitious cryptocurrency venture
- Why the New York Times’ take on the declining ranks of public companies misses the mark
- Growing scrutiny on the fees charged by order-management systems leading to consolidation in that industry
- Expectations for the London Stock Exchange Group’s new boss as he takes over for successful dealmaker Xavier Rolet
- An SEC commissioner sounds off on exchanges’ self-regulatory status
- How exchanges might recoup any revenue lost to a potential SEC pilot placing stricter controls on their transaction fees
- Growing debate in Europe about whether tweaks to MiFID II’s new trading rules are needed
- How Europe’s new commission-unbundling rules are roiling the investment-research business
- A big prop-trading firm’s venture into dealing directly with customers in the US Treasury market
- The latest on how banks, brokers and asset managers are using artificial intelligence