Barclays Bank has become the latest bank to support the joint venture between CLS Group and Traiana, which provides trade aggregation services to participants active in the over-the-counter FX market.   Barclays Capital joins an initial group of eight banks

NYSE Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has gained the first broker headquartered in the People’s Republic of China through its Hong Kong subsidiary. GF Futures (Hong Kong) Co Ltd became a trading member of NYSE Liffe on

LaSalle Investment Management has partnered with BGC Partners to establish a property derivatives capability for clients.  The new offering is expected to be fully operational by spring 2011. Together with BGC, LaSalle will embed the end-to-end systems and processes to

In March, the stock market could not maintain the fast pace that began last summer. The S&P 500 index remained stable (+0.04%) despite continuously decreasing implied volatility (17.7%) over the past three months. For the first quarter of 2011, the

CBOE Futures Exchange is to launch trading in security futures on the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index, pending regulatory approval. The VXEEM Index reflects the implied volatility of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index exchange-traded fund (ETF) (ticker:EEM). EEM

Instinet, a provider of electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, has launched BLX, an algo-friendly dark pool for US equities that builds block trades by combining the liquidity aggregation benefits of point-in-time crossing with the flexibility of a continuous market.

Citi’s Global Transaction Services business has launched a comprehensive OTC Derivatives Service that consolidates and simplifies the entire post-trade execution process. The offering provides clients with access to a full range of middle- and back-office services on a single platform, including