When Eurex introduced total return futures on the Eurostoxx 50 in 2016, there was not much trading at first, but gradually it increased, with a big jump during the pandemic and another surge in 2022. In the first quarter of this year, trading volume has averaged around 45,000 contracts per day, up from 43,000 over the course of 2022 and more than four times the level in 2020.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has commented on draft Exchange Rules published by the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE).
CONTINUE READINGOn Monday 5 October, FIA and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP co-hosted a seminar titled “Metals and Mining, the Financial Regulatory Challenges Ahead.”
CONTINUE READINGOn May 21, FIA responded to a proposal issued in April by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that aims to tailor leverage ratio requirements for the largest U.S. banks to their business activities and risk profiles.
CONTINUE READINGTerry Duffy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CME Group, sat down with FIA's Walt Lukken at our Expo conference in October to discuss his the outlook for the global economy and commodity markets, as well as CME's plans for the future.
CONTINUE READINGClifford Chance will discuss the evolving US regulatory framework for event contracts, recent CFTC developments and the current state of play, with a focus on sports and political event contracts.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 8 billion contracts in April. This was down 24.3% from March 2023 but up 37.5% from April 2022.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA position paper for the MiFIR Review, Priority issues for the trilogue process.
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