Consolidated trading volume during August for options contracts on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled over 91 million contracts. August 2012 average daily volume (ADV) for
In April the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.7 million contracts, down from 9.8 million contracts in April 2013. Of those, 6.1 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (April 2013: 7.1 million), and 2.6
Instinet has launched a Instinet BLX Australia, a new dark liquidity pool for Australian equities, the company said on Wednesday. BLX, which already operates in the US and Canada, aggregates multiple orders from both buy- and sell-side participants and consolidates
April 2014 average daily volume (ADV) and total monthly volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) and total exchange-wide at CFE were down slightly from year ago levels. Average daily volume in VIX futures was 178,167 contracts
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 0.56 per cent in August as five of the seven index component strategies reported positive results. Long/short equity (1.66 per cent) and global macro (0.88 per cent) were the
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index gained 0.4 per cent in August with 11 of the 14 Lyxor Strategy Indices ending the month in positive territory. The highest performing indices were the Lyxor L/S Credit Arbitrage Index (+1.5 per cent) and
MarketAxess, the operator of an electronic trading platform for US and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other fixed income securities, is to hold its ninth annual Charity Trading Day on 12 September 2012. MarketAxess, in partnership with
Deutsche Börse has launched the “continuous auction with specialists” trading model for the trading of bonds on Xetra. Initially, around 700 corporate bonds denominated in Euros listed on FWB Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s regulated and open markets will be tradable in
NYSE Euronext trading volumes in August 2012 declined year-over-year and month-over-month due to a decrease in volatility compared to August 2011 and the seasonally slower summer period. In August 2011, trading volumes benefited from extreme market volatility in the US
Six out of seven of IndexIQ’s investable benchmark hedge fund replication indices produced positive returns in August, according to figures released by the company. IQ Hedge Long/Short Beta Index was the top performer returning 2.23 per cent for the period,
