Derivs - Equity
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The International Organization of Securities Commissions on Thursday scolded central counterparties for not doing enough to implement policies to ensure their stability.
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing on Thursday said it had selected Roland Chai to be the group’s risk officer. He will start in his new position on June 1.
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Société Générale on Wednesday morning revealed that it had listed 74 leveraged exchange traded products for trading on the London Stock Exchange, aiming squarely at sophisticated retail investors.
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The Bank of England, the primary regulator of UK clearing houses, has decided to go ahead with a new rule that would compel CCPs to report issues with their servers and other technology systems.
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Five years on from the swap execution facility (SEF) revolution hitting the US, an ‘upgrade’ — as the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has described it — is overdue.
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An executive director of index business management for derivatives at index provider MSCI has left the firm.
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Miami International Securities Exchange (MIAX Options) has started publishing a new equity volatility index, based on options on the famous SPDR exchange-traded fund referencing the blue chip S&P 500.
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Analysts saw early signs of MiFID-driven consolidation when US banks published their first quarter results that included strong equity trading performances across the board.
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Controls have been tightened after the high-profile losses that banks took on margin loans when retail conglomerate Steinhoff ran into trouble late last year. But strategic equity solutions businesses remain central to equity capital markets, writes David Rothnie.
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A director at the London office of the Singapore Exchange has left the firm.
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IHS Markit announced on Monday that it had acquired Paris-based DeriveXperts, a company that provides independent valuations of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.
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Singapore Exchange has announced the launch of a new suite of contracts that will allow investors to keep offshore exposure to Indian stocks with equity derivatives.