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Markets

  • Gensler seeks advice on agricultural issues 31 August 2010

    Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, addressed a meeting of the Agricultural Advisory Committee on August 5.

  • How European debt risks are changing derivatives 19 August 2010

    Every week, another alarm about European sovereign and banking risk. Derivatives are central to managing risks. Elise Coroneos asks whether the derivatives market is fit for the task.

  • Korea scales new heights, but is this the peak? 19 August 2010

    The Korea Exchange is linking up with the world's top exchanges. But at the same time, Korea may impose a tax on derivatives trading. What would that do to the Kospis legendary retail demand? Colin Packham reports.

  • CFFE opens CSI 300 futures to foreign investors 09 August 2010

    China has confirmed that it will allow Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors to trade the China Financial Futures Exchange’s CSI 300 equity index futures following a meeting it held with the US on May 26.

Regulation

Exchanges

  • CBOE wins four year battle to stop ISE listing S&P options 01 September 2010

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange has won its legal battle with the International Securities Exchange to keep the exclusive rights to list its suite of index options.

  • Five join NYSE Amex 01 September 2010

    Five new trading firms joined NYSE Amex Options as market makers on July 12.

  • JSE goes maker taker 01 September 2010

    The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has adopted the ‘maker taker’ pricing model for its equity derivatives, and has cut trading fees for single stock futures and options traded through the central order book almost to zero.

  • New Chicago exchange launches swaps futures 01 September 2010

    Five US trading firms have created a new exchange in Chicago, offering interest rate swap futures.

Firms

  • Five join NYSE Amex 01 September 2010

    Five new trading firms joined NYSE Amex Options as market makers on July 12.

  • ABN Amro and Fortis merge 31 August 2010

    ABN Amro and Fortis Bank Nederland legally merged on July 1 and are now operating as a single bank, ABN Amro Bank.

  • Quants still misunderstood 31 August 2010

    7city Learning, the financial services training company that offers the Certificate in Quantitative Finance, has found that the role of quants is no better understood in the firms they work for than it was a year ago.

  • CME plans FX basket futures 09 August 2010

    CME Group’s acquisition of Dow Jones’ index business has already borne fruit, with a plan to launch futures on the new Dow Jones CME Dollar Index in the third quarter of this year.

Clearing

Technology

  • Warsaw Stock Exchange picks NYSE as IT partner, wins shorting battle 31 August 2010

    The Warsaw Stock Exchange has chosen NYSE Euronext as its strategic partner for all software development. The first joint project will be to develop the WSE’s new trading engine.

  • ASX gives US customers direct access 09 August 2010

    The Australian Securities Exchange has installed a hosting solution at Equinix’s Chicago International Business Exchange data centre, which will allow it to offer US market participants direct access to its derivatives products.

  • CME introduces first iPhone app 09 August 2010

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has launched its first iPhone app, available on the Apple app store.

  • Corvil adds to latency management system 09 August 2010

    Corvil has added application monitoring, troubleshooting and reporting to its CorvilNet latency management system, giving its users a single platform for latency management and data capture.

People

  • Birley to leave ECX within three months 26 August 2010

    Patrick Birley, CEO of the European Climate Exchange, said in mid-July that he would remain at the exchange for three months at most, following its acquisition by Intercontinental Exchange Group.

  • BNY Mellon picks securitisation man to head derivatives 26 August 2010

    BNY Mellon has appointed Patrick Tadie to the new role of global business head for its Derivatives360 initiative, an integrated investment servicing solution that helps clients execute and manage derivatives transactions.

  • Exit Paine at LSE Group 26 August 2010

    The London Stock Exchange’s chief technology officer, Robin Paine, is to leave the exchange.

  • Nomura hires Barclays’ Lim as Asian oil head 26 August 2010

    Nomura has appointed Shaun Lim as head of oil and oil products trading for Asia, excluding Japan. He joins from Barclays Capital’s Singapore office, where he was a senior fuel oil trader.

Poll

Will the Dodd-Frank Act harm exchange-traded derivatives markets?

Yes
8%
No
77%
It's not clear
15%