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Premium turnover in Indian options hits $150 billion
In March, the turnover in index options on NSE India was equivalent to 61% of the turnover in index options on CBOE, Nasdaq and other US options exchanges. When ETF options are included, the NSE India turnover was equivalent to 43% of the comparable contracts in the US.
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Exchange leaders caution options industry on zero day expansion plans
Senior executives for two of the largest market operators in the US options industry sounded a note of caution on the boom in the trading of options with zero days to expiration, saying that brokers and exchanges should carefully consider the costs and benefits before extending this trend into single stock options.
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CFTC advances event contract proposal in contentious meeting
On 10 May, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted 3-2 to advance a highly anticipated and contentious proposed rule regarding event contracts. The proposed rule advanced with the support of CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam and Commissioners Kristin Johnson and Christy Goldsmith Romero. Republican Commissioners Summer Mersinger and Caroline Pham raised significant concerns about the proposal during an open meeting and opposed the proposed rule.
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LME nickel futures - bouncing back
In the two years after the London Metal Exchange was forced to close its nickel market and cancel $12 billion in trades, the exchange has worked hard to win back the confidence of market participants through a number of reforms. Trading volumes are rising again, but open interest has not fully recovered, and two new competitors have emerged.
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Derivatives industry moving to “Cloud 2.0”: Google’s Bhat
Industry experts discuss the structural shifts they are seeing as the derivatives industry moves to modernise its markets.
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Viewpoint – Treasury clearing, portfolio margining and white whales
There are tales in literature and lore of protagonists who obsess over certain quests but who are never able to obtain their elusive capture. For King Arthur, it was the Holy Grail. For Ahab, it was Moby Dick. For Casey’s at bat, it was the homerun. And for me, it’s portfolio margining of cash and futures in the US Treasury market. With the recent mandate by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to clear certain treasuries and repos, this goal is again coming into focus.
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People news – March/April 2024
Appointments, promotions, and other people news in the derivatives industry
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CFTC advisory committee examines CCP resilience, FCM concentration and Treasury basis trade
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Market Risk Advisory Committee, a group consisting of representatives from exchanges, intermediaries, end-users and advocacy groups, held an open meeting on 9 April to discuss a wide range of current policy issues and market trends.
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People news – February/March 2024
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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Commentary: Seven takeaways from FIA Boca 2024
This year's annual FIA conference in Boca Raton was one of the most successful ever. The program consisted of eight panels over three days as well as one-on-one discussions with prominent industry executives and thought leaders such as Ken Griffin, the chief executive of Citadel, and Daniel Yergin, a leading authority on energy, geopolitics and the global economy. Seven themes stood out from this year's event - industry outlook, treasury clearing, competition among exchanges, rise of retail, geopolitics and commodity supply chains, technology and cyber risk.
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