FOWi digital weekly

January volume results are filtering out of the exchanges, giving the market a taste of the troubles that lie ahead. FOWi has added to its growing lexicon of words of for ‘falling’: dropped, dipped, slumped etc. The first month’s trading figures do not make the most promising start.

This year, probably more than any other, the exchanges will need to focus on standing out from the crowd, not just with headline grabbing press releases but meaningful offerings to the market.

There are historically a number of ways that derivatives exchanges and platforms seek to improve access...