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Options exchange threat looms from ISE Second Market launch


International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced plans last week to list about 850 additional lower volume equity options in what it has called Second Market, set to launch in the third quarter of the year.

The listings would almost double the total number of contracts traded at ISE, although the new listings, expected to have daily volumes of under 1,000 each, represent only about 4% of...

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