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Message traffic skyrockets in U.S. equity options markets
The week ending Feb. 28 was exceptionally busy for U.S. equity options exchanges. Uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy triggered a large and rapid sell-off in the stock market, and the trading of options on equity indices and individual stocks exploded.
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2019 Market Data - Derivatives volume grows BRIC by BRIC
Rapid growth in Brazil, Russia, India and China sends global futures and options trading to record levels in 2019.
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Risk Managing the Clean Energy Transition
How derivatives markets are supporting the move to a low carbon world
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Viewpoint - Amid Asia's record growth, remember customers come first
These markets were created to serve Main Street businesses, energy companies, pension funds, agricultural producers and lenders who need to manage risk and discover prices. And it's when our industry thinks of itself as an "industry" first and loses sight of our customers that we get into trouble.
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Derivatives markets help hedge risk in long-term renewable power agreements
EEX is introducing 10-year base year futures in European power markets to help members hedge PPA risk.
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25 years ago, Barings offers a hard lesson in risk controls
On Feb. 26, 1995, Barings Bank collapsed after a 28-year-old trader, Nick Leeson, lost $1.3 billion in unauthorized trades placed from the firm's Singapore office.
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Commentary: CFTC takes a new approach to position limits
"This may be the one case where the exception to the rule is more important than the rule itself." — CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert, Jan. 30, 2020. The chairman's words foreshadowed the dramatic change in approach embedded in the CFTC's latest proposal to implement speculative position limits across 25 "core referenced futures contracts."
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Virtu targets India for next step in market-making expansion
CEO says main focus will be on stocks and commodities
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People News - January/February 2020
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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