Exchanges
Unlimited liability
Potential liabilities for European nuclear operators are set to rise sharply.Financial guarantees for nuclear operators will have to be restructured. Aregovernments and the insurance industry up to the task? MariaKielmas reports
Trading places
Canada’s energy landscape is being reshaped. The NGX has changed handsand looks set to expand. Meanwhile, an Ontario government report warns more workneeds to be done to secure future power supplies. By Paul Lyon
A fertile future
The CME is hoping its introduction of fertiliser futures will protect the industryfrom fluctuations in the price of natural gas – a vital ingredient in mostnitrogen fertilisers. But is it a case of too little too late? By Paul Lyon
Skating on thin Ice
Profits at the Intercontinental Exchange fell by more than half last year thanksto a contraction in over-the-counter revenues. Yet the exchange reports recordvolumes for its IPE business. Paul Lyon analyses the results
Delivery failure
treasury notes
CDO challenges in China
Regulations
Finding the perfect fit
Basel II
Taking its toll
Profile
Exchanges look to futures
Credit indexes
Equity derivatives volumes surge in Japan
New angles
KSE looks to warrant market
New angles
Tools of the trade
Synthetic CDOs
Mofe backtracks over NDF rules
New angles
Eurex’s big US gamble
Exchanges
The next stage for CDS
Comment
Euronext.Liffe launches OTC facility
European stock and derivatives exchange Euronext.Liffe has launched a new facility for trading over-the-counter equity derivatives.
ISE to route to US options exchanges
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has enhanced its OM Click Trade front end so that it can route members’ orders to any U.S options exchange, reports Risknews’ sister publication Trading Technology Week .
Nymex reshuffles board
Richard Schaeffer, executive director of global energy futures at Dutch bank ABN Amro, has been appointed vice- chairman of the board of the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).
MexDer launches options trading business
MexDer, the derivatives exchange of Mexico, celebrated the launch of its market for financial options yesterday.
Operational Risk Conference Preview > Experts to speak on evolution and challenges of op risk
Risk magazine and Operational Risk are holding their sixth annual Operational Risk conferences in London and New York in March. The events are designed to provide delegates with insights into the latest techniques for managing and quantifying operational…
CBOT confirms talks to list Trac-x futures
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) confirmed it is in talks with Dow Jones Indexes to list futures contracts on the Trac-x family of credit default swaps (CDS) indexes.
CME & Tullett to launch matching and clearing system
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is to team up with UK-based broker Tullett Liberty to introduce an electronic trade-matching system. It will provide traders with integrated trading and clearing of exchange-listed products with forward rate…
Eurex to enter US equity index options market
Derivatives exchange Eurex has licensed a number of US equity indexes from index company Russell in its latest move into the North American derivatives market.