01 March 2010
2009 spelt retrenchment for the world’s established futures exchanges – but a commodities boom eased the pain. Tom Osborn picks out the bright spots from the laggards in the global recovery. More »
17 March 2010
On March 2, FOW travelled to São Paulo to offer a unique forum for the key players in the Latin American derivatives market, exploring the opportunities and challenges currently facing in the region. More »
16 March 2010
Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said in a speech to the European Parliament’s that reform of the way over-the-counter derivatives are regulated must be “comprehensive and international”. More »
15 March 2010
Argentina’s leading futures exchanges, the Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires and Rosario Futures Exchange, are holding talks on a possible merger, FOW has learned. More »
12 March 2010
Newedge, the derivatives broker owned by Société Générale and Crédit Agricole, announced a reorganisation of its business yesterday at the annual Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, Florida. More »
11 March 2010
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has today published two reports designed to improve understanding of how collateral is used to mitigate credit risk in the over the counter derivative markets. More »
10 March 2010
Mercado Mexicano de Derivados’s order routing deal with CME Group will aim to match that of its neighbour BM&F Bovespa’s, MexDer CEO Jorge Alegría has told FOW. More »
24 February 2010
Bankers support a global tax on banking? Next you’ll be saying turkeys are voting for Christmas. But that was the headline on Davos – and no wonder.
As China prepares for the launch of equity index futures, the authorities are taking a careful approach to reform, argues Dean Owen, chief China representative at futures broker Newedge.
09 March 2010
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has approved in principle the introduction of physically delivered equity derivatives.
23 February 2010
The board of the Chicago Board Options Exchange approved in mid-December a proposal to pursue demutualisation followed by an immediate initial public offering. The US equity options exchange hopes to complete the process by the end of the second quarter 2010.
18 December 2009
The final stage of FOW's Awards for Innovation 2009 comprises two global awards: one for banks, brokers and FCMs; and one for IT and software companies.
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.
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If you look at the empirical evidence nothing supports the idea that speculators are driving prices in futures markets
Craig Donohue, CME’s chief executive