Regions Archive

The number of futures commission merchants serving the US futures markets will continue to decline despite a growing willingness of clients to diversify relationships, according to a recent TABB Group report. read more>

Global markets operator Nasdaq OMX will acquire the eSpeed electronic trading platform for US treasury notes and bonds as the fixed income market undergoes wholesale regulatory-driven change. read more>

Credit Suisse this week announced the addition of single leg tactics for US listed equity, index and exchange-traded fund options to its derivatives trading system, which will give buy-side traders greater efficiencies for managing directives execution. read more>

The London Stock Exchange Group has announced plans to launch a swaps trade repository and taken another step towards its acquisition of LCH.Clearnet as plans to bolster its derivatives business progress. read more>

Australia and Japan have emerged as Asia's leading reformers, outlining details of further large-scale regulations governing OTC derivatives markets in line with global reforms. read more>

The Hong Kong securities regulator has added new compliance and risk management rules for brokers and stricter standards for systems reliability and maintenance, in a report welcomed by the industry. read more>

The Singapore Exchange is consulting the market on the potential launch of four new foreign exchange futures contracts, ahead of a prospective Q3 launch. read more>

The Irish presidency of the Council of the European Union has put forward a MiFID II proposal that could force Europe's largest exchanges to offer multiple clearers for equities and derivatives trades. read more>

Small- and mid-cap UK shares may receive a liquidity boost from this month's budget decision to exempt trades on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market from stamp duty, but plans to drive greater retail liquidity into the market could have a more lasting impact. read more>

The Japan Exchange has laid out its future plans for growth, which include improving its arrowhead trading system to grow its equity market and make Japanese stocks more appealing. read more>