Inter-dealer broker GFI now provides access to the Turkish equity markets through Ticaret Menkul Degerler AS, a Turkish securities house.
In January 2013, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.7 million contracts, compared with 8.2 million contracts in January 2012. Of those, 5.9 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (January 2012: 5.5 million), and
Interactive Data, a provider of managed ultra-low latency infrastructure and market data feed services, has expanded the Interactive Data 7ticks network to include a new point-of-presence (POP) for the London Stock Exchange within the LSE’s co-location data centre. Interactive Data,
January trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled 89.02 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) in January was 4.24 million contracts, up
Fidessa group has completed the pan-European FIX integration from Fidessa’s OMS to Squawker, the block trading negotiation venue. The systems integration will ensure that users of the Fidessa European Trading Platform (ETP) will be able to route orders, IOIs and
Eurex will introduce equity options with weekly expiration dates on 24 January 2011. It’s the first time that weekly options will be available on the exchange. The Eurex Weekly Equity Options will be listed as separate contracts and will initially
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched Instinct Natural, an enhancement to its alternative trading system (ATS) Instinct X, aimed at increasing opportunities to execute block trades while minimising market impact. “We want to make it easier for our clients
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.64 per cent for the month of November, with all but one of the ten sub-strategies finishing the month in positive territory. Emerging markets (+1.10 per cent) and multi-strategy (+1.0
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (LAB) Index was up 1.10 per cent in January, according to Dr Jordan Drachman, head of alternative beta strategies at Credit Suisse. The merger arbitrage strategy was the strongest performer for the month, finishing
Managed futures lost 0.39 per cent in November, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index has lost 1.45 per cent year to date, compared to a gain of 0.73 per cent in the S&P GSCI Index.
