Derivs - Equity

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on Monday spoke up against a potential location policy for central counterparties (CCPs) after Brexit, saying that constraining euro derivatives trades' clearing to the EU 27 would increase price volatility, execution costs and systemic risk.

This week Brian Quintenz was sworn in as a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), after he was confirmed alongside chairman Christopher Giancarlo and Rostin Behnam by the Senate two weeks ago.

Volatility took a familiar dip down this week as geopolitical uncertainty again failed to provoke lasting disruption in markets, but scepticism is growing about the lasting power of such conditions.

Former investment firm head Brian Quintenz was sworn in as a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday, providing a much needed boost to the organisation's senior staff.

Chilean life insurance company Confuturo this week announced its adoption of Bloomberg’s multi-asset risk system (MARS) collateral management tools, in an effort to manage the demands of new global margin rules.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is pressing ahead with plans to extend after-hours trading for equity index futures contracts and will eventually extend the 'T+1 session' to 3am.

Volatility derivatives trading on the CBOE reached record volume this week after rising tension between the US and North Korea caused equity markets to fall from all-time highs.

Barclays has hired former Credit Suisse executive Stephen Dainton as global head of equities.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Thursday announced a new cooperation agreement with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), that will secure it information on the ongoing compliance of Indian central counterparties (CCPs) under EU regulation.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange began trading derivatives on the VN-30 index this week, with 487 futures contracts changing hands on its first dealing day.

Chain, a Nasdaq technology partner, has agreed to supply SIX Swiss Exchange with distributed ledger technology to support OTC structured products.

The doors have opened for US derivatives market participants to trade futures linked to iStoxx European equity factor indices on Eurex after regulators signed off on the process.