Futures
DTCC and Regis-TR blamed for low futures matching rates
Repositories will change stance next year following intervention by Esma
Former CME Group energy head Morsches to leave
News of exit follows appointment of Martin Fraenkel to top energy job
Shanghai RMB crude contract faces margin and legal hurdles
International players have concerns over first RMB oil contract
CME plans to corner invoice spread trading, dealers claim
Exchange would have a monopoly on packages that pair swaps with US Treasury futures
Esma derivatives definition hits CME futures volumes
Energy contracts dip as firms avoid European regulatory burdens
Two centuries of trend following
Volume 3, Issue 3 (2014)
Buy-side swaps use set to decline, survey suggests
Almost 60% of asset managers expect interest rate swap volumes to fall
GF Futures set to expand beyond London by joining CME
First the LME, now the firm is looking at the US
First stage of Eurex-Taifex cross-listing project to go live in May
Taiex futures set to be followed by other products
CME said to have shelved inflation futures plan
Contracts had been drafted, but did not attract enough support
Zambia sees first currency futures contract
Badex lacks foreign backers, talks with development banks
Trading strategies via book imbalance
Predicting equity and futures tick by tick price movements
Benchmarking European repo markets
Sponsored forum: Stoxx
Single-stock futures skirt US dividend-equivalent withholding
Skirting the tax
Melanion bets on progress of dividend futures as an asset class
As the first pure-play dividend futures hedge fund, Melanion Capital believes it has an advantage in giving investors a solid return on investment by using this new asset class to generate pure alpha
BSE currency futures face uncertainty in 'overcrowded' market
Product launch "incomprehensible" in saturated currency futures market
Study casts doubt on mandatory futures insurance
Mandatory insurance for assets held by futures brokers would be extremely costly, concludes industry-backed report
SGX forex futures launch signals market evolution
SGX is launching a new suite of Asian currency futures as a complement to its large Asian equity futures products, cementing its place as a forex trading centre for Asian currencies
Single-stock futures alternative to section 871(m) withholding
Single stocks the future?
CFTC backs down on FCM residual interest rule
CFTC softens post-MF Global reforms to rules on segregated customer funds held by futures brokers
RBI and industry disagree on new interest rate future structure
Indian regulators try an under-the-radar approach to launching a domestic interest rate futures market
Ice bows to pressure on Brent contract changes
Exchange delays plan to shift expiry calendar for Brent crude oil futures and options after firms complain they need more time to prepare
Futures reporting delay 'will not take place', says EC's Pearson
Industry had been banking on one-year postponement - Esma now looking for solution to reporting impasse, according to senior EC official
Banks could quit CCPs that miss Esma deadline
A world of confusion