Eurex and Wematch.live partner to support basket TRFs

Eurex has partnered with fintech Wematch.live to connect their platforms to roll out portfolio margining and collateral optimisation for basket total return futures

CFTC commissioner calls for task force on artificial intelligence

A member of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has pushed for the creation of an inter-agency task force aimed at strengthening oversight of artificial intelligence (AI) technology

Eurex expands thematic suite with first semiconductor future

Eurex has become the latest exchange to launch a contract referencing the semiconductor industry, as interest in the market grows after stellar price rises this year on expected demand

Education key for retail traders to manage ‘black swan’ event - NSE

Retail investors piling into short-dated equity options need to be aware of the downside in the event of tail risk events, according to an executive at the largest Indian derivatives exchange

Eurex reiterates plan to make 'tweaks' to Euribor offering

Lee Bartholomew, the global head of Fixed Income & Currencies Product Research and Development at Eurex, said the German exchange’s pitch to secure a chunk of the Euro-denominated short-term interest rate (STIR) futures market is a “long-term project”

Artificial intelligence adoption increases cyber security risk – Broadridge

Plans to deploy new technologies by financial firms mean they need to redouble efforts to bolster cyber security, according to Broadridge Financial Solutions

Basel end-game will hike cost of derivatives clearing - Citigroup

Speaking at the FIA event in Boca Raton, Florida this week, Mariam Rafi, global head of futures, clearing and foreign exchange prime brokerage at Citi, said the regulatory proposals would “see capital for clearing going up by 22%”

Hong Kong starts second phase of digital currency project

The Hong Kong regulator has started the next phase of its digital currency (e-HKD) testing, with a view to enhancing tokenisation and connecting different digital asset pools

ASX starts consultation process on CHESS replacement

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched the first of two papers laying out plans for its new CHESS clearing and settlement system, after the failure of the previous project

D2X first to secure European MTF license for crypto derivatives

Amsterdam-based D2X said on Thursday it is the first European Union-based firm to secure the MIFID MTF license to offer crypto derivatives, from the Dutch Authority for Financial Markets (AFM)

Cboe prepares to list first UK crypto ETNs

Cboe Global Markets has said its UK stock exchange is preparing to accept applications to list cryptocurrency-backed exchange traded notes (ETNs)

ISDA calls for separate oversight of carbon credits and projects

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has called for financial regulators to focus on trading of existing voluntary carbon credit instruments as they look to tighten rules

Marex appoints former CME finance head Pietrowicz to board

John Pietrowicz, a former chief financial officer at CME Group, will join the broker and clearing firm Marex later this year in the latest of a series of board appointments at the firm

TP ICAP eyes listing of minority stake in data arm Parameta

Nicolas Breteau, the chief executive of TP ICAP, has said the largest interdealer broker is looking to divest part of its data business in a bid to maximise value from the growing division

Singapore Exchange plans first short-term rate futures later this year

Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans to launch its first short-term interest rate futures this year, with Singapore and Japanese futures in a significant expansion to its interest rate complex

Tokenisation offers ‘promise’ for futures industry – Lukken

Walt Lukken, the head of trade body the FIA, has said participants should collaborate to develop tokenisation, citing the benefits to derivatives markets

Half of derivatives firms worried about capital requirements – research

Half of the respondents to a wide-ranging survey of market participants said they were concerned about the impact of bank capital requirements on derivatives trading and clearing, according to new research

Eurex eyes MSCI dividend futures, more total return futures

Eurex has said the launch on Monday of the exchange's first MSCI total return futures could stimulate interest in the MSCI dividend futures launched in late 2019

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