Derivs - Equity

The European Commission on Wednesday struck down the all-but-dead proposed merger of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Deutsche Börse.

Rosenthal Collins, the US futures broker and clearing company, has promoted Robert Turner to be its new chief operating officer and Patrick Carey to be in control of a new function, strategic implementation.

Euronext this week agreed a strategic partnership with Morningstar that will bring new indices and derivatives contracts to the pan-European exchange within two weeks.

The European Commission has signed off on a piece of legislation that, if unopposed by the European Parliament and Council, could extend clearing compliance deadlines for smaller over the counter derivatives traders.

The European Commission on Tuesday launched a public consultation on the operation and governance structure of European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).

The European Securities and Markets Authority has established memoranda of understanding under European markets infrastructure regulation with seven non-EU regulators.

Euronext today agreed to a strategic partnership with Morningstar which will bring new indices and derivatives contracts to the pan-European exchange within two weeks.

FTSE Russell, the global index and data company, has hired Sean Smith as managing director of derivatives licences.

Trading has started this week on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) in Swiss day and weekend futures contracts and German intraday floor futures contracts.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) is to introduce options on AAC Technologies, Geely Automotive and Link Reit.

Its mid-March, spring is upon on us and the credit markets are rallying. A rate hike by the US Federal Reserve was greeted positively by the market thanks to a dovish tone struck by Janet Yellen and her colleagues.

US President Donald Trump’s administration this week showed it was ready to release its hounds on the post-crisis global regulatory ecosystem, as its nominee to run the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) bared his teeth at “excessive regulation”, showing that all the talk of tearing up the rules may soon turn towards action. Costas Mourselas reports.