Derivs - Equity

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange on Monday announced it had launched 44 Indian single stock futures, giving investors exposure to blue-chip companies.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday announced the launch of new derivatives products based on the MSCI Emerging Markets and MSCI Emerging Markets Asia indices.

The “majority of top-tier US and European swap dealers” have signed up to receive International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), the Derivatives Service Bureau announced on Thursday. The rapid uptake “is ahead of original expectations”, the DSB added.

As the prospect of a ‘hard Brexit’ looms over the City of London, UK politicians are facing the humiliating prospect of losing financial market primacy to Paris. The derivatives market is one area where participants are actively looking across the Channel, worrying Nicky Morgan, chair of the UK parliament’s Treasury Select Committee.

The chief financial officer and treasurer of Chicago Board Options Exchange Global Markets, Alan Dean, is due to retire from his post at the end of the year.

A high stakes game of chicken is taking place between US and European regulators, with the spectre of fragmentation in derivatives markets looming. But there's been no proper dialogue between the two sides.

The head of the foremost derivatives regulator in the US, Christopher Giancarlo, has issued a warning to European regulators on incoming regulation, condemning “costs and regulatory burdens” to the US economy.

As investor demand for ESG products grows, an exchange traded fund tracking companies with good policies on gender equality began trading on Euronext this Monday.

Deutsche Börse marked the first run for its regulatory reporting hub this week, as the reporting obligations for the revised EMIR technical standards came into effect.

Euronext has finalised a collaboration agreement with LCH, which will continue to provide derivative and clearing services to the exchange for the next 10 years.

Indian single stock futures traded on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) saw record volumes during October, as use of currency derivatives also grew.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday announced that Democrat commissioner Rostin Behnam will sponsor the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC), a body that advises the CFTC on market structures and systemic risk.