Exchanges
ASX looks to volatility-linked products to drive Australia Vix futures liquidity
Increasing the potential liquidity pool a major aim for Australia volatility futures market
Eurex preps launch of FX options and futures
German derivatives exchange will move into the forex market in October as it aims to compete for volume in listed futures and options
OTC clearing presents HFT opportunity in Asia
Over-the-counter clearing to present greater access and profitability to high-frequency trading firms as electronic trading of OTC products gets under way in Asia
Regulation, tax and technicalities recast European turnover, as French volumes plummet and Italian activity recovers
Tax, legal and practical reforms to the way structured products are transacted in France have slimmed the market to a slither, while similar changes have proved a spur to the Italian structured products revival
Asia exchanges set for overhaul as competitiveness wanes
Solid structures
Singapore positions itself as OTC clearing hub for Asia
Clearing link with KRX will lead to larger volumes and efficiencies at SGX
Exchange consolidation in Asia making trading technology vulnerable to failure
Competition among exchanges in Japan is necessary to prevent systems outages such as those in the Osaka Securities Exchange earlier this month
Risk Johannesburg: JSE ‘monopoly’ hurts liquidity, says Investec exec
Regulators should open up listed derivatives market by encouraging dealer liquidity pools, algo trading expert tells conference
trueEX: e-trading pioneer offering one-stop swap shop
In 1999, Sunil Hirani launched an electronic trading platform for credit derivatives, which sold for $625 million nine years later. Now he's back - and his new idea is an exchange for interest rate swaps. Peter Madigan reports
Let swap platforms trade futures – Icap’s Spencer
Icap's chief executive says proposed derivatives rules are reinforcing exchange monopolies
Brokers lift the lid on swaps-to-futures confusion at Ice
When swaps become futures
Ice-NYSE Euronext: Good or bad for margin offsets?
Merger margins
Credit Suisse sells ETF business to Blackrock as synthetic model falters
Synthetic meltdown
Futurisation forces hundreds of traders to sit exams
Swaps-to-futures switch at Ice – plus hedge fund regulatory changes – behind threefold jump in numbers taking futures trading exam
MexDer: The Mexican swaps wave
The Mexican swaps wave
RIP OTC: Swap futures gaining buy-side fans
RIP OTC: Swap futures gaining buy-side fans
The power behind the throne: CME and the fight for futures market supremacy
It’s the biggest futures exchange in the world, so CME Group naturally has both friends and enemies. Some of its friends are very well connected – and some of its enemies claim this influence has been used to stifle competition, allowing the exchange to…
CME’s new swap future uses Goldman Sachs patent
Licensing agreement could be worth up to 20% of revenues from patented contract, and is seen as an attempt by Goldman Sachs to hedge its bets as new rules threaten OTC market profits
Neal Wolkoff: OTC market faces break-up blues
Break-up blues
CME ready to fight for market share in Europe, says Sammann
CME Group's European exchange, set to begin trading foreign exchange futures next year, will offer a competitive alternative to other exchanges, says the group's head of forex and rates
GFI may buy an exchange, says Gooch
Interdealer broker GFI may follow in the footsteps of Icap and acquire an exchange, says GFI Group chief executive