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People News: February/March 2019
Jean-François Grégoire, Frank Drouet, Mel Gunewardena, Andrew Busch, Gabriel Benincasa, Jay Clayton, Etienne Amic, Wilfred Yiu, Charles Li, Calvin Tai, Roger Lee, Bipin Patel, Romnesh Lamba, Roland Chai, Nic Maalouf...
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EEX strengthens green energy push with Grexel acquisition
The European Energy Exchange has acquired Grexel Systems, a leading European energy certificate registry and a key service provider to the clean power industry. The acquisition, which was announced in December and closed in early February, is intended to complement the German exchange’s strengths in the European electricity and emissions markets and position the exchange to play a bigger role in Europe’s transition to a clean energy economy.
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TAIFEX delivers a stellar performance and hits an all-time trading record in 2018
Overall trading volumes on the Taiwan Futures Exchange reached another all-time record in 2018. More than 308 million contracts were traded, an increase of 16% compared to the previous year. In addition to growth in the exchange's core products, two other distinct factors also contributed to this exciting growth: the popularity of TAIFEX's night session, which more than doubled compared to 2017, and the expanding participation of international investors, who now account for 20% of the exchange's total volume.
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FIA provides recommendations to CFTC on crypto-asset derivatives
On Feb. 15, FIA responded to a request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for input on crypto-asset mechanics and markets.
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Miami International to launch third options market
On March 1, Miami International Holdings will launch its third options market, the sixteenth such venue in an increasingly crowded field. The new market, called MIAX Emerald, continues the company’s strategy of adapting to the evolution of market structure in the U.S. equity options marketplace.
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Options forges alliance with Technancial for real-time risk analytics
Options, the global financial technology managed services and IT infrastructure provider formerly known as Options IT, has struck a deal with the Technancial Company, maker of the Janus risk management platform. The deal brings Technancial’s solution to more than 250 firms using managed services provided by Options. Those customers include investment banks, hedge funds and private equity groups.
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HSBC expands futures custody business in China
HSBC has become the first foreign bank to offer futures margin depository services to overseas investors trading iron ore futures in China. On Jan. 29, the bank announced it has received approval from the Dalian Commodity Exchange, China's second largest futures exchange, to offer futures margin depository services. With its new license, traders outside China can set up settlement accounts at HSBC to support their trading on DCE. DCE is the second futures exchange in China to win government approval to offer one of its products directly to overseas investors. The first was the International Energy Exchange in Shanghai, which launched a crude oil futures contract in March 2018 that was designed specifically to attract international participation. In both cases, the government is hoping to strengthen the market's ability to provide price discovery and risk management tools for one of China's most important commodity imports.
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R.J. O'Brien expands beyond futures with structured products
R. J. O’Brien, the largest independent futures broker in the U.S., has launched a new service providing agricultural structured products to its clients, the company’s first venture into this area. Designed for commercial agricultural firms of all sizes, the service covers structured products based on corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, sugar and coffee. Structured products are bilateral contracts between two counterparties and typically are customized to the customer's business needs. The product features that can be customized include contract expirations, cash settlements, barriers, and binary payoffs. "When we decided to enter this market, we knew we wanted to offer something different than others provide, that would produce real value for our clients. This includes the ability to generate far more quotes, much faster than competition is offering," RJO's Chairman and CEO Gerald Corcoran said in an announcement.
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People News - January 2019
U.S. Treasury official Heath Tarbert has been formally nominated by the White House to be the next chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. The nomination, which was first announced in December, was submitted to the Senate on Jan. 9 and is now pending before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Tarbert currently serves as assistant secretary for international markets at the Treasury Department. Earlier in his career he was a partner at the law firm of Allen & Overy. If confirmed, he would succeed CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo, who has announced he plans to leave when his term expires in April.
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CME releases reference data API to support trading automation
These days, trading takes place in nanoseconds. But the process of setting up the mechanics of that trading process has remained cumbersome manual work. That is changing now for traders of CME products. The Chicago-based exchange has released the CME Reference Data API that contains detailed specifications on all available products including futures, spreads, strategies and options, making it possible for much of this information to be uploaded automatically.
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