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Year: 2009
  • December

    ETF derivatives: any risk you like in a bitesize chunk 18 December 2009

    The convenience of use that has made ETFs such a hit with retail investors is also making their derivatives attractive, to investors both large and small. Elise Coroneos reports.

  • November

    FOW reveals Awards for Innovation 2009 06 November 2009

    FOW can reveal the first part of the results of its Awards for Innovation 2009: the Awards for Exchanges, Clearing Houses and Law Firms. The Awards for Banks, Brokers and FCMs and for IT and Software Companies will be declared in December.

  • CME has FX in its sights… again 06 November 2009

    Does it make sense that less than a year after CME Group was forced to close FXMarketSpace – an aggressive move to expand its foreign exchange business – it is trying to prise open the market again? Michael Halls investigates.

  • The arc of sophistication: retail FX punters get with the algo programme 06 November 2009

    Retail currency trading has grown from humble beginnings to connect with the highly sophisticated world of algorithmic trading. As Michael Halls reports, retail investors have arrived as a fully fledged segment of the foreign exchange markets.

  • October

    Iron in the melting pot: will derivatives emerge? 06 October 2009

    With international trade of nearly 900m tonnes a year, iron ore is one of the biggest bulk commodities in the world that is not traded on exchanges. Only recently has the market’s established pricing system come under strain, hastening the dawn of derivatives. Agnieszka Troszkiewicz looks at the nascent iron ore swap market, prospects for growth, and perhaps eventually a listed futures market.

  • September

    Crunch time for carbon: how Copenhagen will change the market 16 September 2009

    Other derivative markets have faltered in 2009, but carbon trading has gone right on booming. Participants are enthusiastic about the EU market, yet the real challenge is to implement these ideas elsewhere.

  • July

    Islamic derivatives: building towards a breakthrough 20 July 2009

    Building an Islamic derivatives market has been a slow process, and remains controversial with some scholars. But the momentum is there – and a new standardised agreement should be available soon. As Siân Williams discovers, many firms and individuals are committed to the market and believe a new phase of faster growth is not far off.

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