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Equity derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk Awards 2026: Volatility strategies and technology investment help realise hyper scale-up
The curious case of the missing volatility risk premium
Volatility investors will need to work harder and smarter to capture value, says Capstone
European exchange-traded IR derivatives balloon in H1
New highs in F&Os mirror OTC derivatives growth in BIS survey
Real money rides the hybrid options wave
Insurers follow hedge funds into exotic trades with equity-down, yields-down recession plays
BofA preps single-stock autocalls on new CHF indexes
SIX Group indexes slash implied forward cost for US underlyings including Nvidia and Microsoft
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
Low-vol gold rush points to further upside
Options markets see no scramble to chase metal higher despite 43% year-to-date rally
Trade tensions lift China G-Sibs’ CVA charges 10% in Q2
Top Chinese banks’ RWAs rebound for first time since Basel III overhaul
Calamos’s $200m inflows trigger autocall ETF ‘frenzy’
First mover expands to US tech, Innovator ETFs plans rival listing on September 25
Swaps or futures? Clearers grapple with CME’s event contracts
New prediction contracts straddle the line between futures and swaps, Risk.net understands
Hybrids go for gold
Spot gold surge sees investors eye dual digitals on new highs
How Amundi’s options strategy profited from dollar slump
French asset manager grabbed euro call options at low prices in tactical pivot for its FX absolute return fund
Marex customer funds steady despite short-seller claims
Marginal dip following Ningi report offset by rebound in following weeks
Do earnings events reset the trading clock?
This paper uses a large number of earnings events from which the subset of outcomes for which the price strongly increased or declined into the earnings date.
More than arb: the short signals behind Jane Street’s India troubles
Prop trader ran parallel strategies, source says. That mix may have given rise to manipulation claims
Taco trades and fake news fatigue
Is another era of ‘will he, won’t he’ numbing rates and FX traders to its jeopardy?
Why Calamos chose swaps for market’s first autocall ETF
Swap-based structure attracts $40 million in first month; backers eye multi-billion-dollar AUM
Tidal rides retail boom to lead in single-stock options
Counterparty Radar: Volatility-selling ETF firm accounts for half of trading among US funds
Jane Street rivals call for wider probes of manipulation claims
Sebi allegations raise concerns about similar behaviour in US and European markets
Traders hedge on Jane Street manipulation claims
Market-makers side with Sebi, while bankers accept arbitrage explanation. Most want more details.