Issue - Future and Options Intelligence

04 Dec 2008 issue

Fee alerts from FOW TradeData 11 Dec 2008
Interactive Brokers pushes into Asia with direct Kospi link 11 Dec 2008
RTS forms commodity exchange in Kazakhstan, eyes Ukraine 11 Dec 2008
ELX applies to CFTC for designated status, picks OCC for clearing 10 Dec 2008
Sentinel trustee sues Citadel and Goldman for profiting from alleged fraud 10 Dec 2008
Quod Financial hires Rawal as Adaptive system hits US market 10 Dec 2008
First carbon futures settled on BlueNext exchange in Paris 10 Dec 2008
Exchanges are ready for CDS, but regulators in a muddle 10 Dec 2008
Futures and options recover slightly in Moscow amid equity crash 09 Dec 2008
Lights, Camera, Lutnick! Cantor to trade movies 09 Dec 2008
ICE launches second batch of OTC energy contracts 09 Dec 2008
Tocom hopes to complete IPO by 2013 09 Dec 2008
Liffe’s Bclear expands into commodities 09 Dec 2008
Manfred Gentz becomes Deutsche Börse chairman 09 Dec 2008
Monopoly averted as Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext scrap merger talks 09 Dec 2008
Shenzhen Stock Exchange backs calls for financial derivatives in China 09 Dec 2008
CBOE launches contracts on gold and silver ETFs 08 Dec 2008
Bclear volumes soar as OTC trades seek shelter of CCP 08 Dec 2008
Don’t fight a turf war over CDS, futures chief warns regulators 08 Dec 2008
Budapest derivatives trading collapses in November after big October 08 Dec 2008
Tocom demutualises, new chief promises change in style 05 Dec 2008
SuperDerivatives enjoys 250% growth as firms seek independent valuation 05 Dec 2008
TFX’s remote membership programme receives first applications 05 Dec 2008
UK MiFID deadline looms (in theory) – Trax to offer reporting aid 05 Dec 2008
TFX to launch new ever-rolling Nikkei 225 future 05 Dec 2008
CFTC approves CBoT wheat contract improvements 05 Dec 2008
ICE wins New York’s approval for its CDS clearing bank 05 Dec 2008
LME trading still ahead of last year despite slump in metal prices 05 Dec 2008
Intellectual Property Exchange International to launch in Q2 2009 04 Dec 2008
DGCX to launch four plastic contracts in February, more to come 04 Dec 2008
Indian exchanges welcome back sanctioned commodities 04 Dec 2008
Madrid exchange still booming though reliant on small players 04 Dec 2008
Options volumes fall 28.4% on HKEx 04 Dec 2008
SEC approves stern new rules for credit rating agencies 04 Dec 2008
CME introduces hardwood pulp futures 03 Dec 2008

In analysing the costs and benefits of its prescriptive rules, the commission fails to identify shortcomings with the fully-functional and highly successful futures markets

CME Group’s chief executive Craig Donohue on hoe the CFTC has handles the Dodd-Frank reforms

04 Dec 2008 issue

Fee alerts from FOW TradeData 11 Dec 2008

Interactive Brokers pushes into Asia with direct Kospi link 11 Dec 2008

RTS forms commodity exchange in Kazakhstan, eyes Ukraine 11 Dec 2008

ELX applies to CFTC for designated status, picks OCC for clearing 10 Dec 2008

Sentinel trustee sues Citadel and Goldman for profiting from alleged fraud 10 Dec 2008

Quod Financial hires Rawal as Adaptive system hits US market 10 Dec 2008

First carbon futures settled on BlueNext exchange in Paris 10 Dec 2008

Exchanges are ready for CDS, but regulators in a muddle 10 Dec 2008

Futures and options recover slightly in Moscow amid equity crash 09 Dec 2008

Lights, Camera, Lutnick! Cantor to trade movies 09 Dec 2008

ICE launches second batch of OTC energy contracts 09 Dec 2008

Tocom hopes to complete IPO by 2013 09 Dec 2008

Liffe’s Bclear expands into commodities 09 Dec 2008

Manfred Gentz becomes Deutsche Börse chairman 09 Dec 2008

Monopoly averted as Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext scrap merger talks 09 Dec 2008

Shenzhen Stock Exchange backs calls for financial derivatives in China 09 Dec 2008

CBOE launches contracts on gold and silver ETFs 08 Dec 2008

Bclear volumes soar as OTC trades seek shelter of CCP 08 Dec 2008

Don’t fight a turf war over CDS, futures chief warns regulators 08 Dec 2008

Budapest derivatives trading collapses in November after big October 08 Dec 2008

Tocom demutualises, new chief promises change in style 05 Dec 2008

SuperDerivatives enjoys 250% growth as firms seek independent valuation 05 Dec 2008

TFX’s remote membership programme receives first applications 05 Dec 2008

UK MiFID deadline looms (in theory) – Trax to offer reporting aid 05 Dec 2008

TFX to launch new ever-rolling Nikkei 225 future 05 Dec 2008

CFTC approves CBoT wheat contract improvements 05 Dec 2008

ICE wins New York’s approval for its CDS clearing bank 05 Dec 2008

LME trading still ahead of last year despite slump in metal prices 05 Dec 2008

Intellectual Property Exchange International to launch in Q2 2009 04 Dec 2008

DGCX to launch four plastic contracts in February, more to come 04 Dec 2008

Indian exchanges welcome back sanctioned commodities 04 Dec 2008

Madrid exchange still booming though reliant on small players 04 Dec 2008

Options volumes fall 28.4% on HKEx 04 Dec 2008

SEC approves stern new rules for credit rating agencies 04 Dec 2008

CME introduces hardwood pulp futures 03 Dec 2008