Derivatives

Mar
28

Exchange Invest 2621: Makepeace Reforms The Band

It’s a FTSE deja vu for Mark Makepeace, albeit in a format better suited to the digital age than the stodgy LSEG. FT and SGX are partnering with a new Wilshire Index business under the direction of “Mr FTSE” - a fantastic fruition to his first year with Wilshire.
9 min read
Apr
19

Exchange Invest 2328: April 19, 2022

FTX.US chief Brett Harrison says US crypto markets lack specific features that allow investors to diversify their risk and hedge their portfolios.
6 min read
Apr
07

Exchange Invest 2320: April 07, 2022

Big upheaval in the Middle East as Qatar SE buys LSEG technology including derivatives CCP as part of the new stack. Meanwhile in Brussels on the day it emerged EU27 spend thirty-five times as much on Russian energy as they do on armament for Ukraine...
8 min read
Mar
11

Exchange Invest 2297: March 11, 2022

The CFTC is looking at real-time clearing proposals from FTX which could provide a fascinating modernisation avenue for derivatives broking and clearing.
9 min read
Jan
15

Exchange Invest 2250: Is 2022 the year of the Chunyun recession?

This Week: “Exchange-traded derivatives are not Weapons of Mass Destruction,” says the boss of the National Stock Exchange of India. Tadawul has a 50 IPO pipeline and the CME Group they're launching 20 year US Treasury bonds.
6 min read
Jan
05

Exchange Invest 2241: CME Growth Squeak

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Kerry Rooks as HKEX Chief People Officer.
6 min read
May
06

Exchange Invest 2043: Open Access Finally Dies

It was never clear how the inevitable would occur (that was “the inevitable” if you were listening to PLY and a few select others for the past decade and more) but the impractical “open access” rules died in the UK yesterday. The EU will hesitate to follow suit..
10 min read
Feb
18

Exchange Invest 1979: SGX Seeks M&A?

SGX seeks M&A.
8 min read
Jan
12

Exchange Invest 1947: January 12, 2021

Bakkt SPAC shuffle plus some more festive season catch-ups.
10 min read
Oct
22

Exchange Invest 1602: Nasdaq VC Requirements, new BIST CEO

Interesting new Borsa Istanbul CEO Mehmet Hakan Atilla as two longstanding Nasdaq pillars step down in what is a career news-centric bulletin!
3 min read
Oct
10

Exchange Invest 1595: SS-IU for CMU As EU Seeks To Go Free Market

CMU becoming SSIU as Eurozone financial centres are in meltdown at their failure to rent asunder the City of London.
3 min read
Jun
10

Exchange Invest 1497: June 10, 2019

CBOE chicanery, Euronext has total control of Oslo, EU investigating BME & Nasdaq on data pricing...
4 min read
Apr
18

Exchange Invest 1463: April 18, 2019

Australia’s NSX goes west as Luxembourg worries about independence. Interesting Chines bond insurance proposal as commodity traders worry about Ion monopoly.
4 min read
Mar
04

Exchange Invest 1430: March 04, 2019

From LSE data to a rebuild of Warsaw’s capital markets, the weekend’s news is here lightly sprinkled with a taste of pith.
5 min read
Apr
17

David Schwimmer: What We Do “Know”

Fairly classic Goldmans kind of guy from Upper Eastside New York reform Jewish circles, thrusting career, ivy league education and presumably no lack of belief in his self-worth;
2 min read