The US derivatives market is set to stage a strong recovery in 2010, thanks to a renewed corporate focus on risk management and a recovery in long term interest rate futures, a report by markets research firm Tabb Group argues today.
The report, Trends in US futures trading: The buy side perspective, suggests the US futures industry is set to rebound by 14% over the next 12 months. The recovery is relative, however, since in 2009 volume declined by 23%, the first such decline since 1995.
The study’s author, Andy Nybo, claims traders have told Tabb they are developing a new...