Futures
Eurex mulls ‘integrated’ prediction market
Dividend derivatives seen as template for event contract expansion
CME outage sparks FX soul search
How November’s halt exposed fragile wiring of new futures-led market structure
CME outage exposed FX market’s futures dependency, says SNB
Study finds EUR/USD spreads widened eightfold as non-bank PTFs blew out by nearly 30 times in November halt
HSBC leads F&O funds surge in turbulent January
US FCM adds $2.1bn in customer funds in two weeks
China eases cross-border grip in new derivatives rules
Lawyers hail return to a “more orthodox territorial approach” to regulating the market
Market-makers seek answers about CME’s cloud move
Silence on data centre changes fuels speculation over how new matching engine will handle orders
Barclays, JPM drive surge in FCM funds in 2025
Futures, options and swaps customer funds log biggest annual jump since 2020
BofA Securities defies year-end pullback with record F&O customer funds
December growth contrasts with broader FCM retrenchment from October peak
Interest rate ETDs surge to second-highest level on record
Futures-led surge signals firmer views on rate direction
BofA urges horizontal CCP fix after CME outage, others demur
Analysts say clearing meltdown bolsters case for futures-for-futures exchange with FMX
Six FCMs set record lows for target residual interest share
Brokers’ own resources are outpaced by customer funds
Barclays Capital F&O funds jump past $20bn, narrowing gap with Citi
Customer and total funds rose in early November as most FCMs reported declines
All that glisters: precious metal volumes surge on FX venues
Gold and silver liquidity on foreign exchange trading platforms improves as more dealers link precious metals with e-FX
CME futures outage caused FX spot pricing problems
At least one non-bank was forced to pull prices, and NDFs also affected
Derivatives client clearer of the year: Citi
Risk Awards 2026: When tariffs rocked markets, Citi’s FCM was a model of reliability
The importance of modelling futures dynamics in commodity index derivatives
Index-based and underlying-based pricing methods for commodity derivatives are presented
European exchange-traded IR derivatives balloon in H1
New highs in F&Os mirror OTC derivatives growth in BIS survey
JPM Securities holds fifth of F&O customer funds
Gap to second-largest FCM widens to record high as segregated funds surpass $70bn
US dividend futures top $6bn on structured note boom
Traders also eye opportunities in options on S&P dividends as April rout creates skew dislocations
US banks tighten grip on gold shorts
Open interest in Comex gold futures sold by banks up 54% between December and August
Swaps or futures? Clearers grapple with CME’s event contracts
New prediction contracts straddle the line between futures and swaps, Risk.net understands