Cboe Global Markets
Chicago exchanges embrace crypto-currency
Exchanges' interest piqued, but regulators and some market participants hesitant
Giancarlo: crypto-currency futures do not need new rules
CFTC chair says US regulators can oversee products using existing powers
Volatility hedgers turn to gamma trades to stem slow ‘bleed’
Nearly $80 billion of gamma trades initiated in March and April as long vega strategies fare badly
US exchanges will be caught in Priips dragnet, lawyers warn
Futures and options sales to EU retail clients will need key information documents
People: Ex-Morgan Stanley exec Mendelsohn launches advisory boutique
Veteran equity derivatives banker founds London-based firm Alpima
BNP Paribas promotes Gérardin to head CIB, replacing Papiasse
Gérardin replaces Papiasse, who stays, but focuses on "remediation plan"
China to launch series of volatility indexes by year-end
Volatility benchmarks will follow launch of equity options later in 2014
Asia volatility indexes mirror pre-crisis market conditions
Low leverage this time should result in milder correction than 2008/9
Vix spikes as short volatility trade gets tougher
Volumes in Vix futures reached an all-time high on the back of January's volatile markets
CBOE responds on Vix
CBOE responds on Vix
CBOE adds short-term version of Vix to volatility suite
The new index, VXST, measures market expectations of S&P 500 volatility nine days into the future, rendering it more sensitive to short-term volatility swings than the Vix
Exchanges woo insurers with futures alternative to OTC swaps
With the price of over-the-counter swaps predicted to increase as new derivatives rules take effect, futures are being touted as an efficient alternative hedging tool, but are they a perfect fit? Blake Evans-Pritchard reports
Asian volatility indexes too illiquid to hedge risk
Asia’s volatility products are not yet liquid enough to draw local investors away from the CBOE Vix
The ETN that grew too fast
The ETN that grew too fast
Structured Products Technology Rankings 2012
Shuffling the pack
CBOE relaunches credit event binary options
CBOE relaunches credit event binary options
Volatility spike boosts oil options trading volume to all-time high
The sharp increase in oil price volatility resulting from political upheaval in Libya and across the Middle East has helped push the volume of oil options traded to a new all-time high
Exchanges urge US to keep forex swaps and forwards under Dodd-Frank
The World Federation of Exchanges has urged US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner to keep forex derivatives under Dodd-Frank to block banks from using the exception for interest rate derivatives transactions. But a senior Westpac banker and rival trade…
Volatility: the next mainstream asset class?
A volatile time
Volatility, correlation and skew too
Surviving skew
CBOE developing tail event index
A new index based on skew will be unveiled once testing is completed
Dividend growth
Dealers and hedge funds were hammered by sharp falls in dividends during late 2008 and early 2009. Since then, liquidity has recovered as a wider range of market participants take advantage of the dislocation. Mark Pengelly reports