Equity futures
EU index managers face funding risks as US moves to T+1
Rotations from European to US assets will need prefunding due to slower EU settlement
China eyes new derivatives contracts to boost investor morale
Regulator announces futures and options products on mainland and HK, but there are doubts it will help
Eurex wargames pricing derivatives during disruption events
Ukraine war and tech glitches prompt German exchange to set out methods for handling market closures
Concern over sluggish adoption of ESG futures
While the number of products is on the rise, very few have underlying liquidity
Nasdaq takes aim at equity TRSs with bespoke futures
Can custom basket forwards convince buy-side firms to ditch bilateral swaps?
China stock slump hits snowball issuers
Sharp selloff in CSI 500 index threatens pain for local issuers of popular structured products
Sales of China’s snowball notes fall
Issuers point to tighter equity index basis and recent regulator warning over marketing of snowballs
Many ESG products face liquidity struggle, say exchanges
Fragmentation, design and definition challenges mean many exchange-traded products will remain illiquid
Solving the domino effect of delayed trade allocations
One year on from the pandemic-driven volatility of March 2020, Joanna Davies of Traiana looks at how buy-side firms can gain greater visibility and efficiency in exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) markets
Vix vulnerable to retail short squeeze, analysts warn
Volatility products could see more wild swings as dearth of vol sellers exacerbates spikes
Dividend delays upend pricing of Eurostoxx futures, options
Investors that rolled futures contracts before companies axed AGMs “could have lost a lot of money”
Coronavirus rout revives attacks on futures margining
FCMs call for permanently higher margins following “unprecedented” number of breaches
Exchange of the year: Eurex
Risk Awards 2020: Success of futurisation project powers bourse to global top spot
HKEX outage zapped key hedge; now banks push for rule change
Dealers seek shutdown of CBBC market if futures go dark
Currency risk drives EU equity fund derivatives use
Just 27.6% of Ucits equity funds traded derivatives in Esma sample
Bank risk manager of the year: UBS
Risk Awards 2019: Bank heeds lessons of past structured products routs to navigate February volatility
Month of higher vol spurs equity derivatives trading
Turmoil benefits total return futures, cross-asset arbitrage and dispersion
A referendum on clearing
Brexit margin calls show swaps CCPs are relying on funding strength of a handful of banks
US tax rules attacked by equity derivatives dealers
Testing criteria for equity-linked products branded a “joke”
Q&A: Bursa Malaysia looks to develop domestic equity derivatives
Chong Kim Seng, CEO of the exchange's derivatives arm, explains why growth has been slower than expected
China looks beyond commodity derivatives with equity options launch
New equity options on two exchanges