Derivs - Equity

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) today announced that Ulrich Karl has joined the organisation as head of clearing services.

Stoxx, the operator of Deutsche Börse Group's index business, has opened a new office in Hong Kong and appointed Jay Lin as head of sales for China.

GlobalCapital is delighted to announce the winners of its Americas Derivatives Awards for 2017. The results were revealed at a gala dinner at New York’s Metropolitan Club on May 25. Our thanks to all those who attended the dinner and competed for the awards.

LedgerX, the US-based trading and clearing platform, has raised $11.4m to help finance the start-up of an options exchange that will trade bitcoin and other digital currencies.

The Moscow Exchange (Moex) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) have agreed to an expanded “strategic cooperation” agreement, and intend to develop debt and equity products for investors.

Sharon Bowen, one of only two sitting commissioners on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has voted to advance budget proposals made by acting chairman Christopher Giancarlo, but also said the regulator was underfunded and should receive contributions from market participants.

IHS Markit on Wednesday unveiled its Outreach360 platform, a tool that allows counterparties to contact each other for regulatory and data gathering purposes as they work to comply with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).

On Tuesday, the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) began disseminating real-time data over China's four largest financial information vendors, Great Wisdom, Wind, East Money and Emoney.

NEX Optimisation on Tuesday announced a restructuring of its business in preparation for its new NEX Infinity platform, which uses distributed ledger technology and brings together transaction optimisation services under one roof.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has set out which OTC derivative contracts will be treated as if 'traded on a trading venue' and subject to MiFID II and MiFIR transparency requirements, trading obligations and transaction reporting requirements.

Sell-offs in equity markets might not have left derivatives participants sweating this week but optimism is fast fading on the popular reflation trade.

The CBOE options exchange enjoyed its busiest ever day on Wednesday as markets fell on concerns about the Trump presidency and his handling of an FBI investigation and confidential information.