Berlin-based Tradegate Exchange, the former OTC trading platform, has been awarded the status “regulated market” as defined in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. Deutsche Börse has acquired a 75 per cent interest plus one share in Tradegate Exchange GmbH,
The international derivatives exchange Eurex has started trading of single stock dividend futures. For the first time, the pure dividend component of the underlying stocks of a benchmark equity index is available for exchange trading and clearing as a standalone
BlackRock and Tradeweb Markets have formed a strategic alliance to create electronic trading solutions in the rates and derivatives markets. The Aladdin community, made up of BlackRock and BlackRock Solutions’ clients using Aladdin, the firm’s investment and risk system, will
LCH.Clearnet has agreed to extend the arrangements under which LCH.Clearnet SA provides clearing services to the European Securities and Continental European Derivatives Markets of NYSE Euronext. Termination of these arrangements was scheduled to occur in November 2012, following the notice
Securities and derivatives trading on the Singapore Exchange was up year-on-year in June with total turnover rising 8% to $28.1 billion. Securities daily average value was $1.3 billion. Exchange traded fund turnover increased 68% from a year earlier to $795
Coordinated global regulation for the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets is creating a dramatically different market for interest rate swaps with central clearing for end-users, the use of organised trading facilities and increased transparency and reporting requirements. In new research “The
Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking Division’s Trust & Securities Services (TSS) unit has expanded the brokerage services offered by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc (DBSI), Deutsche Bank’s registered US broker-dealer subsidiary, to create dbRemarket. The new service , which launched on
A new option on the Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index is to be admitted for trading on the Eurex Exchange on 27 June 2011. The new option will complement the future on the Dow Jones UBS Composite Index already listed
As part of the continued evolution of its global FX platform, RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), has launched Reuters Trading for Foreign Exchange (RTFX). RBC Capital
The London Metal Exchange’s (LME) minor metals contracts have reached USD1bn in notional turnover. Cobalt and molybdenum have traded 7,748 lots so far in 2012, (equivalent of USD291m) with a total of 22,161 lots traded since launch (equivalent of USD1bn).
