BEQUANT, cryptocurrency exchange and prime brokerage, has launched BEQUANT DIRECT, a new Advanced Connectivity Service offering a low-latency co-located trading environment for institutional and professional traders. BEQUANT’s co-location service will offer ultra-fast transfer of data, allowing for faster execution speeds
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has completed a contract agreement with the Hungarian Ministry of National Development for the auctioning of EU Allowances (EUA) for the second trading period of the EU ETS. The auction volume amounts to 2.5 million
CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) plans to launch trading in S&P 500 Variance futures on Monday, 10 December. The S&P 500 Variance futures contract, like over-the-counter (OTC) variance swaps, allows users to trade the difference between the implied and realized variance
NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has expanded Bclear, the exchange’s trade confirmation, administration and clearing service, to include fixed income products. The new contracts available through Bclear will be Three Month Euro (Euribor) Futures, Three Month
Eurex Exchange, the derivatives arm of Deutsche Börse Group, has launched what it believes to be the world’s most advanced trading system. Participants of Eurex Exchange will benefit from significantly improved performance, more choice and enhanced functionalities. “We believe this
The total trading volume on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) natural gas market amounted to 7,388,020 MWh in November. The spot market accounted for 3.474,450 MWh and the derivatives market for the other 3.913,570 MWh. The daily reference price on
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation plans to establish a subsidiary called DTCC Derivatives Repository, which will maintain global credit default swap data identical to that maintained in its New York based Trade Information Warehouse. The move is intended to
The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index was down 0.24 per cent in November, according to Jordan Drachman, head of alternative beta strategies at Credit Suisse. The merger arbitrage strategy was the most significant contributor to performance, finishing up 0.85
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 0.33 per cent in November as six of the seven index component strategies reported positive results for the month. Emerging markets (1.29 per cent) was the best perfumer while
International derivatives exchange Eurex plans to extend its offering of futures and options on European size indices provided by Stoxx. Four futures and four options based on the Euro Stoxx and the three corresponding sub-indices Euro Stoxx Large, Mid and
