Exchanges
US power market exchange expands offering
Nodal Exchange and clearing house LCH.Clearnet have extended expiries on 144 peak and off-peak contracts available on the exchange to include current month plus 48 months forward.
Volumes Soar at Asian Commodities Exchanges
Volumes on many Asian commodity exchanges soared last year despite the impact of the financial crisis on their US and European counterparts. With strong Asian commodity demand forecast, Katie Holliday looks at the outlook for Asian exchange trading
E.ON signs up to Iberian exchange
E.ON Energy Trading has become a member of OMIP, the derivatives exchange for the Iberian energy market.
US legislation for OTC derivatives market published
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Derivatives exchange volumes still declining
Derivatives trading volumes continued to fall across several leading exchanges in July.
Investor panel urges reform of US financial markets
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EC looks to move standardised OTC derivatives onto exchanges
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In the beginning...
Some aspects of the energy markets are unrecognisable from 1994, while other issues remain remarkably similar. Stella Farrington looks at the landscape of 15 years ago and how it has moved on
US to regulate OTC derivatives
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Commodities
Commodities participants are used to volatility. But the price moves that have taken place during the past year are almost unprecedented and have made life extremely tricky for many market participants.
Japanese brokers face testing times
Plummeting volumes in Japan's commodity futures markets have forced many Japanese commodity brokerages out of business. Katie Holliday reports
Eurex postpones CDS clearing
Frankfurt-based derivatives exchange Eurex will "wait until the market is ready" before it launches its central clearing platform for credit default swaps (CDSs).
HKEx takes Lehman hit, holds onto top spot in derivatives warrants turnover
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), the holding company for both the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, has held onto its position as the world's number one exchange, chief executive Paul Chow said on Wednesday.
LCH.Clearnet to expand CDS clearing into eurozone
LCH.Clearnet plans to clear credit default swaps (CDS) in the eurozone by the end of the year, having already launched a CDS clearing service in the UK.
Eurex trading volume nudges ahead of CME
A 41% drop in trading volumes compared with the previous year put CME behind Frankfurt-based Eurex in January 2009.
Clearing single-name CDSs may prove uneconomical
High margin requirements may make central clearing of single-name credit default swaps (CDS) impossibly expensive, according to one clearing specialist.
European energy outlook
2008 was a rollercoaster year for Europe's energy markets. Roderick Bruce interviews trading CEOs and other senior executives to see how they envisage Europe's gas & power markets developing in the year ahead
IDCG launches rates clearing house
The New York-based International Derivatives Clearing Group (IDCG) launched its interest rate swap clearing house on December 29 and has begun to process trades.
The listing option
Following the banking crisis, the burden of counterparty risk has increased the need for transparency and liquidity in the structured products market. While a move to listing products and exchange-trading helps offer this, how does it affect counterparty…
EEX names Christoph Mura COO
Christoph Mura has become the chief operating officer (COO) of the Leipzig-based derivatives exchange, European Energy Exchange (EEX), effective January 1.