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Cboe pushes to harmonise equity options specs
Standardisation of expiry times and dates will boost European markets, exchange exec says
Covid halted variance trading. Can Cboe revive the market?
With liquidity in variance swaps drying up, traders may finally be ready to give futures a shot
First Korean issuer joins Hong Kong warrants market
Kisa anticipates warrant and autocallable hedging synergies
Nasdaq revs up listed equity swaps; LSEG stuck in neutral
Trading opens for custom basket forwards, as LSEG shelves Turquoise and LCH tie-up
HKEX eyes options contracts on MSCI A-shares index
Warrant issuers could benefit from roll-out of additional hedging instruments
TMX eyes spot crypto trading launch next year
Exchange group would become first in North America to offer direct access to spot market in digital assets
Hong Kong’s inline warrants fall from grace
Volumes plunge 97% as rising volatility turns off investors
Ion in the fire: three banks call in lawyers after hack
Banks are examining service-level agreements for possible breaches
Ion: after the hack, the clean-up
Some clients now using Ion systems again, but synchronising data with CCPs could take days
Ion cyber outage continues as banks use workarounds
ABN Amro, Macquarie, RBC among firms hit; ransom deadline tomorrow, but service may be down for days
Nasdaq takes aim at equity TRSs with bespoke futures
Can custom basket forwards convince buy-side firms to ditch bilateral swaps?
Battle lines drawn as exchanges launch €STR futures
CME is betting its three-month contracts will give it an edge over Ice’s one-month version
Growing use of ‘carte blanche’ keeps FCMs ‘awake at night’
Executing brokers want to speed up trade processing, but practice is deemed risky by clearers
Eurex upgrade timeline too tough, say banks
As exchanges prepare roll-out of major upgrades, banks are struggling to cope
JP Morgan returns to HK warrants hit by China sanctions
US bank faces battle to rebuild client base on sanctioned securities, issuers say
Three more issuers look to enter HK warrants market
Sources say Citic, KIS and Huatai preparing to launch warrants and CBBCs on HKEX
Mifid’s derivatives open access poses ‘dire consequences’
Diminishing support for CCP open access ahead of European Commission review