Tradeweb appoints head of LSE Group-owned LCH Maguire to board

LSE Group-owned Tradeweb has appointed Daniel Maguire to the electronic trading platform’s board of directors, adding to his other responsibilities at the London-based exchange group.

ISDA to press on with credit derivatives reforms after consultation

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) will take a year to firm up plans to revamp of a key part of the credit default swap (CDS) market

ANALYSIS: India's economic growth outstrips peers but questions linger

Speaking at the FOW Trading India 2024 conference on Thursday, a panel of Indian economists tracked the strong recent progress of the world’s fifth largest economy

ANALYSIS: Clearing brokers look to future-proof systems amid volume spike

Clearing intermediaries are upgrading their systems as a combination of higher volumes and a more benign interest rate environment are driving competition in the space

Experts back Indian regulator's plan to overhaul index derivatives

Speaking at the FOW Trading India 2024 conference on Thursday, a panel of regulatory experts backed the Indian regulator’s late July consultation paper designed to protect more securely retail investors in the derivatives market

Miami International to develop equity derivatives based on Bloomberg Indices

Miami International Holdings (MIH) has agreed a licensing deal with Bloomberg Indices to develop a suite of index futures, options on futures and cash options products based on Bloomberg Indices’ portfolio of benchmarks.

CME hits SOFR open interest record ahead of key rates meeting

CME Group hit a fresh record in its US short term interest rate futures this week, ahead of a widely expected announcement of a cut in the benchmark rate by the country’s central bank

ANALYSIS: Nordic power derivatives set for three-way competition - expert

There is space for further competition in Nordic power, according to a European clearing expert, with Nasdaq's dominance in the sector up for grabs after the collapse of its deal with European Energy Exchange (EEX), alongside Euronext looking to enter the space next year with its own market.

Abaxx Exchange gets boost as ADM is third broker to go live

Singapore-based Abaxx Exchange has onboarded ADM Investor Services (ADMIS) as its third trading and clearing member, three months after launching its first commodity contracts

LSE Group launches cross-asset pricing and reference data tool

London Stock Exchange Group has announced the launch of cloud-based data solution DataScope Warehouse, effective immediately and delivering cross-asset pricing and reference data to customers.

ICE open to reviving World Cotton contract – ICE Futures president Ilkiw

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is open to the idea of reviving its World Cotton contract, nearly a decade after its last attempt failed to take off

Stellar live with co-location access to India's NSE, SGX India Connect

Stellar Trading System has said it went live with trading access in GIFT City, Gujurat via the Indian National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) late last month, connecting directly to their order and price application programming interfaces (APIs).

ANALYSIS: Euronext Clearing paves way for new derivatives products

Euronext is home to the European wheat derivatives market, and French and Dutch index and single stock futures and options but the group wants to go further

ANALYSIS: UK firms draw on lessons from European EMIR Refit 'challenges' – Duco

British firms are in a “reasonable place” ahead of the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Refit go-live at the end of this month partly because they have learned lessons from the "challenges" of implementing the European rules in April, according to a Duco executive.

Hedge fund exposure peaked around ‘epicentre’ of August volatility – BIS

The hedge fund sector had become “increasingly exposed” to the “epicentre” of market turbulence in early August, according to the latest quarterly review from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

Climate Impact X names new chief exec in latest senior reshuffle

Climate Impact X (CIX) has appointed a former UBS managing director to be its new chief executive, starting next month, as it reshapes its leadership team

ANALYSIS: Euronext reflects on landmark clearing migration from LCH

Speaking to FOW after Euronext announced on Tuesday the completion of the project, Attia said the initiative “went well this summer”, working with trade body FIA and the various clearing members involved

Euronext completes multi-year clearing migration from LCH

Euronext completed the migration of its equity derivatives book to Euronext Clearing from LSEG-owned and Paris-based LCH SA on September 9

One Trading wins backing of StanChart arm for EU crypto venue

One Trading has secured further investment to support launching the first crypto perpetual futures in the EU as a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) II trading venue.

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