Global Derivatives Market Insights and Analysis

The Bank of England (BoE) has appointed former Clifford Chance partner Carlos Conceicao and former London Stock Exchange chief executive Alexander Justham to its Enforcement Decision Making Committee.

Retail investors account for an estimated 30% to 35% of zero-day-to-expiration SPX options trading, according to OptionMetrics, below estimates produced using Cboe’s proprietary methodology.

StoneX Group has agreed to acquire Colombian coffee trader and processor Integra Trading as the financial services firm expands its physical commodities business and coffee origination capabilities.

CME Group reported record trading volumes in September and the third quarter, as interest rate, equity index and commodity derivatives recorded strong year-on-year growth.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has warned that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence could amplify operational and cyber vulnerabilities across the financial system as it advances reviews of cryptoasset, liquidity and interest rate risk standards.

Around $1 trillion (£756bn) of initial margin is now collected using ISDA’s Standard Initial Margin Model, as the derivatives industry considers how the framework will need to adapt to tokenisation, crypto and new markets.

The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) has called for on-chain perpetual contracts to be treated as traditional derivatives under MiFID II guidance.

The new definitions comprise a fully digital definitional booklet and accompanying confirmation templates, allowing users to incorporate the relevant version when they execute a transaction.

A mix of factors, including US-China trade talks, buyers hedging the incoming US harvest amid rain delays, and the Super El Niño threatening yields, are driving record hedging demand for soybean futures.