Inflation option auction plans

New angles

Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs plan to add options on eurozone inflation in April to the economic derivatives product suite the two firms jointly offer, based on the parimutuel derivatives call auction technology developed by New York-based Longitude.

Deutsche and Goldman currently offer economic derivatives on the US non-farm payroll employment statistic, the US Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index and US retail sales, excluding automobiles.

The firms will host parimutuel auct