PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, achieved its best trading result to date on its spot segments in December, reaching a new record with 95.7 TWh (previous record: 85.4 in January 2017). The total traded volume amounted
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 234.5 TWh on its power derivatives markets in December (December 2016: 287.4 TWh). The December volume comprised 160.8 TWh traded at EEX via Trade Registration with subsequent clearing. Clearing and
Market access technology provider Vela has added Virtu Financial, an electronic market making firm, to the growing list of electronic liquidity providers delivering market data through its new Systematic Internaliser (SI) Data Hub, which is part of its comprehensive MiFID
Business information provider IHS Markit’s thinkFolio investment management platform is now connected to TRADEcho’s Approved Publication Arrangement (APA), providing clients with a trade reporting solution for MiFID II. MiFID II rules will shift the responsibility for trade reporting to the
Northern Trust has established a dedicated options trading desk within its institutional brokerage business, expanding its global capabilities in response to growing demand from asset owners and asset managers. The Chicago-based options desk provides institutional clients globally with options trading
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has set a new daily record in Phelix-DE Futures, achieving a total of 10.8 TWh on 19 December, which is 62 per cent above the previous record (6.7 TWh on 12 December 2017). In terms
FIX Trading Community has launched a new set of message types to further support periodic future payment management in the post-trade space. The process for periodic payments and cash flow operations management has been, and still is a heavily manual
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has seen strong growth in its FX Futures business over the last 12 months, with the total volume of FX Futures contracts up 74 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 759,983 contracts in July. Open interest in these
BGC Partners, has launched Fenics Global Options (Fenics GO) an electronic trading and market data generation platform involving the arrangement and execution of exchange listed futures and options. Fenics GO, in collaboration with industry leading liquidity providers Optiver, IMC and Maven
LCH has extended its CDSClear platform to include the clearing of credit index options. This addition to LCH’s credit derivatives clearing service follows the launch of CDX high-yield clearing in July 2017. LCH is the first CCP to design, develop
