The European Energy Exchange (EEX) reached a new monthly record on its power derivatives markets in November with a total of 423.2 TWh were traded, exceeding the previous record of 416.3 TWh in April 2016. Compared with the previous year,
A synchronised recovery in the world economy is making investors more optimistic, though there remain risks for equities, says Robeco’s Lukas Daalder. The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to set 12 consecutive record highs in February, while the positive sentiment
Total volume in the US options market reached 4.06 billion contracts in 2016, a 1.9 per cent decline from 2015. As a lack of sustained volatility has resulted in little perceived volume growth, US listed options volume for 2017 is
European Commodity Clearing (ECC), the central clearing house for energy and related products in Europe, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Leipzig-based company was founded in 2006 through the spin-off and transfer of the clearing activities of European Energy Exchange
PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by the French Powernext SA, saw a total volume of 86.1 TWh traded in July 2016 which represents a growth of 20 per cent compared to the previous year (71.6 TWh). Spot trading
June average daily transaction value (ADV) on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR8,345 million in June, 9.3 per cent lower than June 2015, which was a record month following the previous one in 2010. The activity on ETFs
The current appetite for risk aversion is proving a bonanza for CTAs, according to Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. They write that with market stress materially rising, de-risking ahead of the British referendum accelerated as polls and bookmakers depict an increasingly
McKay Brothers International (MBI) has added new points of presence in Marseille and Madrid. The new POPs are receive sites for MBI’s private bandwidth subscribers who transmit from Slough-LD4, Basildon and Frankfurt- FR2. Marseille and Madrid are also distribution POPs
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has recorded its highest trading volume to date in Japanese Power Futures. Throughout the month of October, EEX achieved a total traded volume of 111 GWh, thereby setting a new monthly record.Having launched in May
Trading volume in options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) each reached new all-time highs on Thursday, 10 August. In VIX options at CBOE, a reported 2,562,477 contracts traded on Thursday, surpassing the previous single-day record of 2,382,752
