John R.Apr 41 minAre You Prepared for the SEC's 2022 Exam Priorities?Take a look at the SEC's 2022 exam priorities that focus on information security, operational resilience, emerging technologies and...
John R.Dec 28, 20211 minNo Day Shall Erase You from the Memory of TimeThis is a quote from Virgil on the wall in the National September 11th Museum in lower Manhattan. Tomorrow marks 20 years since the...
John R.Dec 28, 20212 minIs The Cloud All That It's Cracked Up to Be?As cloud adoption has risen in the last 5-6 years, many firms have migrated to public and private cloud deployments. The global impacts...
John R.Jul 27, 20211 min10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About HempCheck out this Penguin link about the many uses of this fascinating plant: https://penguincbd.com/blog/hemp-facts
John R.Jan 28, 20211 minCybersecurity Workshop Explores Risks of Attack on Data Centers On November 10th, the FIA's Market Technology division moderated its fourth annual cybersecurity scenario workshop. This year, the event...
John R.Jan 28, 20211 minSurvey Shows That The Futures Industry Was Prepared for COVID-19Tellefsen and Company developed an industry-wide survey for the Futures Industry Association (FIA) to fully understand the impact from...
John R.Dec 23, 20201 minEquity Market Structure Modernization: Are Competing SIPs a Good Idea?The SEC just adopted new rules to modernize the infrastructure for the collection, consolidation, and dissemination of market data for...
John R.Sep 30, 20201 minHave You Done a BCP Review This Year?With the COVID-19 impacts of the last 6 months, has your firm revisited and updated its business continuity plan (BCP) and information...
John R.Aug 19, 20201 minGreat Crypto Panel at The Trading Show 2020!I recently moderated a timely digital asset trading panel on: "Capturing Crypto Alpha - What Strategies are Maximizing Returns in the...
John R.Aug 3, 20201 minSurvey Results: Financial Services Industry Impact, Response and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Today, we released the results of our recent financial services industry survey on the impact, response and lessons learned from the...
John R.Jun 25, 20205 minThe Game Plan for Returning to the Office Does your firm have a game plan yet for how and when to re-start your business offices and start to get to the next normal? What are your...
John R.May 4, 20204 minA Strategy for Business Office RecoveryAs state and local governments loosen up their emergency orders and restrictions on the impacts of COVID-19, you need to have a game plan...
John R.Apr 13, 20205 minHow Will We Know When It's Time to Reopen the Nation?Here is a thoughtful piece from the New York Times - The New Health Section. Experts offer four benchmarks that can serve as a guide for...
John R.Apr 10, 20202 minBusiness Continuance in a Post C-19 World: How to Return to Business as Normal?As a result of conversations with some of our clients, we think that firms need a game plan as to the optimal ways to begin to recover...
John R.Mar 11, 20202 minTake this seriously: the coronavirus is about to change your life … for a while There have been more than 1,000 cases of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) reported in the U.S. according to the state and local health...
John R.Feb 4, 20201 minPandemic Planning and Preparedness for the Impact of the CoronavirusGiven the media coverage of the spread of the Coronavirus and the numbers of those infected globally, it’s time to revisit your pandemic...
John R.Dec 6, 20191 minAnnual FIA-led exercise helps derivatives market participants practice response to tech disruptionsWe recently developed and facilitated a very timely cybersecurity scenario workshop, "Operation Jolly Roger", in concert with the Futures...
John R.Nov 3, 20191 minThird Annual FIA Cybersecurity Workshop, Operation Jolly Roger, a Success! The third annual cybersecurity workshop, Operation Jolly Roger, hosted by the Futures Industry Association’s Market Technology division...
John R.Sep 3, 20191 minThe Trading Show Returns to New York!I'm headed to one of the best trading shows around this month. The Trading Show will be returning to the Big Apple on Wednesday...
John R.May 11, 20191 minGreat Crypto Trading Panel at The Trading Show Chicago!A terrific panel discussion this week at The Trading Show in Chicago. Thanks to Chris Hehmeyer of Hehmeyer Trading + Investments, Toby...