Most of the corporate interest rate derivatives users participating in Greenwich Associates’ most recent Global Interest Rate Derivatives Study believe that new Basel 2.5 and III derivatives regulations in Europe and the United States will result in wider spreads in
International derivatives exchange Eurex saw a new record month in September with 229.4 million contracts, not including the trading volume of its
LCH.Clearnet has expanded its compression offering to include multilateral compression via SwapClear, its interest rate derivatives clearing service. Multi compression is in addition to SwapClear’s existing Solo and Duo compression capabilities and enables multiple members to simultaneously compress their trades
Buy-side firms are unprepared for new trading mechanisms, costs and increased complexity and should partner with established providers to adapt to an evolved OTC derivatives marketplace, according to research commissioned by State Street. The new research paper, “From Readiness
NICE Actimize, provider of a single financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, has launched a comprehensive hedge fund trading compliance solution designed to monitor the activities of hedge funds across all cash market and
Chicago Board Options Exchange’s (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX index) has set an all-time, single-day volume record, with options volume totalling an estimated 1,782,329 contracts. This easily surpassed the previous record of 1,399,867, contracts traded on 15 April 2013.
Momentum trading strategies in foreign exchange markets yield “striking” excess returns of up to 10 per cent a year, according to a new study. ‘Cross-sectional strategies’ – where investors go long or short on a basket of currencies based on
The international derivatives exchange Eurex will further extend its product offering by introducing 13 new equity options on underlying Belgian, Dutch, French and Spanish stocks on May 19
Sapient Global Markets has become a certified implementation partner of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to facilitate regulatory reporting in the European energy wholesale markets. Sapient Global Markets and the EEX will work together to help firms comply with
Eurex Clearing has announced it has successfully transferred all customer positions and wound down all proprietary positions of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) in an orderly and tim
