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  • Analysis: Rofex at a crossroads 17 Mar 2010

    Having celebrated its 100th birthday last year, the Rosario Futures Exchange is enjoying record volumes for its flagship dollar/peso futures, amid extreme volatility in the Argentine capital markets. Now, a merger with its Buenos Aires rival is in the air. Tom Osborn discovers a successful small exchange that wants to move up to a bigger league. Read more >>

  • Gensler: OTC derivatives reform should be global 16 Mar 2010

    Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said in a speech to the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee that reform of the way over-the-counter derivatives are regulated should be “comprehensive and international”. Read more >>

  • WSE to launch new single stock futures 16 Mar 2010

    The Warsaw Stock Exchange is set to launch single stock futures on three blue chip firms in the energy and technology sectors. Read more >>

  • Comment: Governance and why forced clearing of OTC derivatives will fail 15 Mar 2010

    If the authorities compel clearing of OTC derivatives, they will be making a big mistake, argues Ruben Lee. The policy is likely to create problems, rather than solve them. Read more >>


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