Jade Fu, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management, on current opportunities for commodities investors… Commodities have underperformed both equity and fixed income markets in the year- to-date, with this trend accelerating in the third quarter. A glut of supply and
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a no-action letter that provides additional time for reporting parties to comply with certain reporting requirements of the ownership and control final rule (OCR Final Rule). The OCR Final Rule, which
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear have created a joint venture that will leverage both companies’ expertise, technology and franchises, focusing on collateral processing. The newly-created company, DTCC-Euroclear Global Collateral Ltd, will be domiciled in the UK
Cowen Group, Inc has launched the Ramius Trading Strategies Managed Futures Fund providing investors with access to a portfolio of institutional-caliber managed futures managers in a daily liquidity format utilising Ramius’ proprietary managed account infrastructure, which allows for position level
A team at University College London (UCL) has evaluated the overnight process that maintains the constant maturity aspect of the GMEX Interest Rate Swap Index Average (IRSIA) Constant Maturity Future (CMF) product as an alternative to interest rate swaps (IRS). The
Omgeo has partnered with London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) UnaVista to support tri-party matching of synthetic equity swaps between executing brokers, prime brokers and investment managers. The offering links UnaVista, a global hosted platform for all matching, validation and reconciliation
The international derivatives exchange Eurex is introducing a mini volatility index future based on VStoxx.
US investors can now trade the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) latest suite of Asian index futures: SGX MSCI Thailand Index Futures, SGX-PSE MSCI Philippines Index Futures and SGX MSCI India Index Futures. SGX’s newest three index futures contracts, which are based
Global Reporting Company (GRC) and REGIS-TR have teamed up to provide buy-side and corporate clients with European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) compliant trade reporting services. The move comes ahead of the EMIR obligation to report over-the-counter (OTC) and listed derivative
The international derivatives exchange Eurex traded a total of 140.5 million contracts in November (not including the trading volume of its International Securities Exchange subsidiary), c
