Exchanges
Amex and Iverson to monitor ETFs
Iverson Financial has developed a new service, Amex ETF Monitor (AEM), for the American Stock Exchange as part of a two-month-old joint partnership agreement, RIskNews ' sister publication Inside Market Data has learned. Amex ETF Monitor is a published…
Macquarie to offer exchange-traded ELIs in HK by month-end
Australia’s Macquarie Bank is looking at listing Equity Linked Instruments (ELIs) on the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) by the end of August, according to Matthew Long, Macquarie's Hong Kong-based associate director for equity derivatives sales.
Ice to launch clearing for UK natural gas
Energy trading platform IntercontinentalExchange (Ice) is to begin clearing its UK over-the-counter natural gas contract on September 12.
WBOT eyes October launch
Atlanta-based Weather Board of Trade (WBOT) is set for a mid-October launch, according to Dan Parker, WBOT president.
FIA issues best-practice error trade recommendations
The Futures Industry Association (FIA) has released recommendations regarding the adoption of error trade procedures on derivatives exchanges, following a year-long special review committee investigation into the matter with principal international…
Euronext maps out derivatives systems migration
Derivatives traded on Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris will migrate within nine months to Liffe Connect, the electronic trading system developed by the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) before its takeover of £555…
ICE to offer power clearing
Atlanta-based commodities market-place IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (the Clearing Corporation) are to offer clearing services for the most actively traded over-the-counter US power products beginning at the…
Eurex gains control of a/c/e as alliance with CBOT is ‘restructured’
European derivatives exchange Eurex has acquired full ownership of a/c/e, the electronic trading platform it shared with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The move restructures a partnership agreement with the Chicago exchange which has been in place…
Purple patch for green trading as EOR grows
CO2e.com, the Toronto-based environmental trading arm of broker Cantor Fitzgerald, has brokered the largest publicly announced green forward trade. The deal, which comprises a forward firm purchase of 6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq…
Borsa Italiana to launch single-stock futures
Borsa Italiana’s Idem market, the derivatives arm of the Milan-based Italian exchange, is to launch trading of single-stock futures on July 22.
Australian derivatives on the SFE now available in US
Two futures commission merchants, Carr Futures and Refco Group, will provide US-based customers with direct, electronic access to Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) listed derivatives.
Liffe debuts Schatz contract
The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) says it is pleased with the turnover of its two-year Schatz German government bond futures contract which debuted yesterday. There were 16,020 Schatz lots traded on the exchange,…
CBOT to debut five-year swaps future
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will launch a futures contract on five-year US dollar interest rate swaps on Friday, following up on the success of its 10-year swaps contract, launched in October. The exchange also plans to offer options on the five-…
Battery failure caused HK futures trading stoppage
A dead battery led to the closure of Hong Kong's futures and options trading for than an hour on Tuesday, according to a preliminary investigation by the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx).
ASX to launch electricity futures
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) plans to begin trading electricity futures contracts by the end of the year, according to an official at the exchange.
ICE expands into European power markets
Atlanta-based electronic energy and commodities trading platform the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is set to trade UK, German and French power derivatives.
Hong Kong retail investors' derivatives usage trebles
The number of Hong Kong retail investors buying derivatives increased three-fold last year, according to a survey released this week.
Euronext to launch dedicated warrants platform
Pan-European exchange Euronext is set to launch a platform dedicated exclusively to warrants, in a move designed to enhance the visibility of the market and promote trading.
SFE appoints market makers for options
The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) has appointed two official market makers for its SPI 200 options contract in an attempt to enhance the liquidity of the exchange-traded options market.
HKEx to delist forex futures
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) will delist its one-day rolling currency futures contracts for euro, yen and sterling on May 21.
Eurex to offer Stoxx sector futures in US
Eurex, the Swiss-German derivatives exchange, will start offering Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Bank and Dow Jones Euro Stoxx Bank index futures in the US today after receiving the regulatory go-ahead.
HKEx to launch Dow futures next month
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) plans to start trading Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures on its subsidiary, the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, by May 6, according to HKEx.
Eurex blames dealers for system limits
Swiss-German derivatives exchange Eurex is clamping down on dealers that overload its system with transactions and price information. The exchange said the growing use of automated quote engines by dealers threatens to overload its trading capacity and…
SGX plans a series of Japan derivatives initiatives
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans to bolster its focus on Japan with a series of new products due to be launched in the next few months.