Derivs - Equity

The CME Group will serve as the new administrator for SIFMA Asset Management Group's market agreed coupon swap contract, a previously self-administered structure.

Acting chairman of the CFTC, J Christopher Giancarlo, whom the White House has said will be nominated to takeover the post full time, promised to “run a tighter ship” during a speech on Wednesday in Boca Raton, Florida.

A new service that will allow US assets to be used as collateral in European OTC derivatives transactions has been launched by Global Collateral, a joint venture of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Euroclear.

Former regional head of BNP Paribas’ global markets in the Iberia region, Joe Lovrics, has joined Citi as head of its Spain and Portugal markets franchises.

Total return futures on the Euro Stoxx 50 can be traded from the US as of Monday, following approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

CloudMargin, the web-based margin and collateral management platform, has reached an agreement with Nasdaq Clearing, the clearing subsidiary of Nasdaq.

The Financial Stability Board on Monday issued a consultation document that sets out proposals for the governance arrangements of a unique code for OTC derivatives transactions.

A gain in the polls for Emmanuel Macron’s French presidential election bid calmed equity markets this week, with derivatives trading showing a particularly positive uptick in sentiment.

NEX Group on Thursday launched an end-to-end reporting platform that will help clients navigate Europe's emerging regulatory landscape.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange — CME — is set to introduce options on the S&P500 Index future which expire every Monday.

Neil Walker, non-executive director of LCH’s SA and Group boards, is standing down to pursue 'executive commitments' elsewhere.

EEX, the energy and commodity trading subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group, has agreed terms to acquire US-based energy futures bourse Nodal Exchange.