Equity futures
Concern over sluggish adoption of ESG futures
While the number of products is on the rise, very few have underlying liquidity
Nasdaq takes aim at equity TRSs with bespoke futures
Can custom basket forwards convince buy-side firms to ditch bilateral swaps?
China stock slump hits snowball issuers
Sharp selloff in CSI 500 index threatens pain for local issuers of popular structured products
Sales of China’s snowball notes fall
Issuers point to tighter equity index basis and recent regulator warning over marketing of snowballs
Many ESG products face liquidity struggle, say exchanges
Fragmentation, design and definition challenges mean many exchange-traded products will remain illiquid
Solving the domino effect of delayed trade allocations
One year on from the pandemic-driven volatility of March 2020, Joanna Davies of Traiana looks at how buy-side firms can gain greater visibility and efficiency in exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) markets
Vix vulnerable to retail short squeeze, analysts warn
Volatility products could see more wild swings as dearth of vol sellers exacerbates spikes
Dividend delays upend pricing of Eurostoxx futures, options
Investors that rolled futures contracts before companies axed AGMs “could have lost a lot of money”
Coronavirus rout revives attacks on futures margining
FCMs call for permanently higher margins following “unprecedented” number of breaches
Exchange of the year: Eurex
Risk Awards 2020: Success of futurisation project powers bourse to global top spot
HKEX outage zapped key hedge; now banks push for rule change
Dealers seek shutdown of CBBC market if futures go dark
Currency risk drives EU equity fund derivatives use
Just 27.6% of Ucits equity funds traded derivatives in Esma sample
Bank risk manager of the year: UBS
Risk Awards 2019: Bank heeds lessons of past structured products routs to navigate February volatility
Month of higher vol spurs equity derivatives trading
Turmoil benefits total return futures, cross-asset arbitrage and dispersion
A referendum on clearing
Brexit margin calls show swaps CCPs are relying on funding strength of a handful of banks
US tax rules attacked by equity derivatives dealers
Testing criteria for equity-linked products branded a “joke”
Q&A: Bursa Malaysia looks to develop domestic equity derivatives
Chong Kim Seng, CEO of the exchange's derivatives arm, explains why growth has been slower than expected
China looks beyond commodity derivatives with equity options launch
New equity options on two exchanges
Korea clearing structure in question after HanMag trading error
Korea trading snafu casts doubt on KRX's default fund structure
First person: Section 871(m) amendment favours single-stock futures
What does the future hold?
Korea ELW crackdown leaves traders unhedged
Dealers are left unable to hedge ELS positions as liquidity dries up in Korea’s warrant market
Morgan Stanley VolNet index series dynamically goes long volatility
Morgan Stanley VolNet index series dynamically goes long volatility
Structured product investors hit by sharp fall in Japanese equities
Investors have likely taken hits on legacy structured trades, though bankers say it is too early to judge the full impact of the Friday earthquake on the Japanese structured equity market. There are some signs, however, that investors might already be…