Global futures and options markets experienced exceptional volatility in the first quarter, leading to record trading volumes in many markets. In this webinar, we will give an overview of global trends in ETD volume and open interest, then take a deep dive into commodity futures with our guest speaker, Guy Wolf, global head of market analytics at Marex. Guy will talk about how commodity markets have been affected by tariff-related announcements as well as longer term trends in supply and demand.
CONTINUE READINGGrão Direto is the largest digital grain trading platform in Latin America, connecting the entire agribusiness supply chain – from farmers to buyers such as feed mills, cooperatives, intermediaries and major trading companies.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 9.27 billion contracts in March. This was up 16.7% from February 2025 but down 37.2% from March 2024.
CONTINUE READINGTanius Technology is a proprietary trading company and market maker headquartered in California. The company executes primarily in commodity futures, including oil futures and precious metals, as well as equity indexes and fixed income.
CONTINUE READINGWe have come to the end of a regulatory super cycle that began with the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, and it's time to "spring clean" our regulatory closet. Over the last 15 years, governments have placed layers and layers of regulation on financial firms, some certainly justified but some excessive and overly prescriptive. The compliance costs of these regulations have a real impact on our economic growth and productivity.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA have submitted a joint response to the European Commission’s targeted consultation on the review of the functioning of commodity derivatives markets and certain aspects relating to spot energy markets.
CONTINUE READINGAt FIA Boca in March, Walt Lukken sat down with Nasdaq Chair and CEO Adena Friedman to discuss what she's hearing from customers and business leaders on the outlook for the US economy, Nasdaq's plan to move to 24/7 trading in 2026, AI and more.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA has submitted a response to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s Consultation Paper on proposed amendments to Regulatory Technical Standards on Settlement Discipline. ESMA has proposed the RTS, which come under the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR), as part of the Refit process to improve efficiency of regulation, as well as to prepare for a shorter settlement period of T+1.
CONTINUE READINGIn a letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) offered comments on Nasdaq's efforts to equalize telecommunications provider access and market participant connectivity across Nasdaq’s entire data center campus (the “Equalization Project
CONTINUE READINGCarbon trading is gaining momentum in Southeast Asia. New spot market exchanges for buying and selling carbon offsets have opened their doors in recent years in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Although the volume of transactions is still small, the direction of this nascent market is clear.
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