Retail investors
Swiss autocalls ‘10% away from disaster’ as Roche shares slide
Popular ‘worst-of’ products flirt with downside barriers, but issuers see no cause for hedge alarm
Court showdown looms for SEC private adviser rules
Legal victory for the regulator would establish new powers of prohibition, critics claim
Token effort is no blockchain boon for illiquid assets
Cash-like tokenised instruments find takers; initiatives based on less liquid assets struggle to take off
Industry fears burden of SEC’s giant equity market makeover
Even buy-side representatives warn the impact of retail order auctions is unpredictable
FTX’s Mifid licence exposes Europe’s regulatory gaps
Could Cyprus have spotted the warning signs before handing FTX the keys to European customers?
French resolution may lead EU to adopt US-style rules for PFOF
German and Czech proposals would also put kibosh on commission’s mooted ban on the practice
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Bearish equities dampen China A-share warrants launch
Hong Kong warrants investors “will take time” to warm to new product, dealers say
Terrance Odean on the $2.8bn catch in zero-commission trading
Berkeley professor’s research on the true cost of retail trading has caught the eye of regulators
It’s amateur hour: how retail traders upended options market
Cutting-edge data shows non-professionals are driven by news events and desire to make a quick buck
EU crypto rules would allow terra, just not as a stablecoin
Final laws set to prevent algorithmic coins from styling themselves as “stable”, says insider
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FTX’s ‘easy-access’ clearing stokes fears over runaway risk
Crypto exchange will auto-liquidate underwater positions, which critics say could fuel a death spiral in prices
Germany has enough support to block EU’s PFOF ban
Possible compromise would be using consolidated tape to benchmark best execution
Germany tells EU to PFOF
Proposed ban might need to be dropped to prove practice is harmful
Germany fights for neobrokers’ PFOF rights
Leaked document shows Germany wants to protect ‘anti-competitive’ practice
Behnam mulls market structure reform for crypto derivatives
FTX wants to bypass FCMs by integrating margin financing, execution and clearing activities
Flow market-maker of the year: Citadel Securities
Risk Awards 2022: ‘Meme factor’ and sturdy systems helped Ken Griffin’s firm cope with huge volumes – and post record revenues
Clearing house of the year: OCC
Risk Awards 2022: Risk management reforms help clearing house weather meme stock volatility
Autocalls in peril as Netflix breaches downside barriers
Options liquidity keeps hedging panic at bay as some investors double down on volatile tech stocks
Lack of quants dims chance of structured product boom in China
Quants in high demand as banks explore new products, and local rules call for onshore specialists
Sales of China’s snowball notes fall
Issuers point to tighter equity index basis and recent regulator warning over marketing of snowballs
Firms doubt benefits of EU Mifid best execution reform
Esma proposal retains unpopular aggregated reporting; bankers want more cost-benefit analysis
NSCC caught $5 billion short in June
Worst-case losses would have wiped out the CCP’s available liquid resources on two separate days in Q2