Trading Halted In Jefferies Parent Leucadia As Regulators Try To Hold FXCM Pieces Together – ValueWalk Premium
Leucadia National
16Jan2015

Trading Halted In Jefferies Parent Leucadia As Regulators Try To Hold FXCM Pieces Together

While the fallout from the shocking flash volatility in the Swiss franc remains to be sorted out, shares of Leucadia National, parent of investment bank Jefferies, were halted in midday trading.
Jefferies to purchase or extend credit to FXCM
Jefferies was in talks with FXCM Inc., the troubled foreign exchange brokerage, to extend credit to the firm and recently was 

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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