Eurex has expanded its cooperation with the European Energy Exchange, allowing customers to trade and clear EEX power derivatives via their existing Eurex access. The new products in the cooperation comprise Phelix Base futures and Phelix Peak futures as well
Industry experts have predicted a transition from a bilaterally cleared OTC business to centrally cleared OTC derivatives, along with an increase in the volume of exchange-traded derivatives, according to a report from Celent. The trading volumes of exchange-traded derivatives have
In February this year, Deutsche Bank executed the first electronic CDS trades in full compliance with Dodd-Frank. In so doing, the USD582trillion (notional value) OTC market enjoyed its first taste of transparency. The trades were executed using Autobahn, an electronic
Equinox Fund Management has added the commodity trading advisor, or CTA Program, Berkeley Quantitative Trading Company – Performance Program, LLC (BQ) to the investments held by the subsidiary of MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund. MutualHedge is a mutual fund providing investors
The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Topix futures will be listed on the NYSE Liffe market from summer 2010. The Topix index futures contract is the benchmark Japanese stock price index already traded on the TSE. Topix futures are actively traded by
State Street Global Markets has joined CME Group for clearing of over-the-counter interest rate swaps, effective 24 August 2012. The Dodd-Frank Act in the US and similar measures in Europe mandate centralised trading and clearing to increase transparency and help
The Newedge Commodity Trading Index finished August up 0.92 per cent, completing a recent run of three consecutive positive months. Over the same period, the CTA and CTA Trend-Sub Indices finished down 1.68 per cent and 1.87 per cent respectively.
Bloomberg has announced access to its US equity pool as part of a new service called Bloomberg Pool, or BPool. Developed in conjunction with BIDS Trading, BPool enables traders to interact with liquidity present on Bloomberg’s equities trading platforms and
Vega-Chi US is to launch its US high-yield bond electronic trading platform for institutional investors on 24 October. The Vega-Chi trading platform will be the first of its kind, offering institutional investors the ability to trade directly with each other
In the framework of the NER 300 Initiative of the European Investment Bank (EIB,) European Energy Exchange (EEX) will launch auctions of EU allowances (EUA), which will be held on four days per week on its Derivatives Market in June
