Derivs - Equity

The Global Association of Central Counterparties (CCP12) has warned against further regulation of default management auctions and the risk of adopting a “one-size-fits-all” auction approach to central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs).

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Summer K. Mersinger as director of the office of legislative and intergovernmental affairs and Suyash G. Paliwal as director of the office of international affairs.

IHS Markit analysis shows that notional iBoxx Total Return Swap contract volumes reached a record peak of $23.9bn in June.

India’s National Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange have received the initial greenlight to bring together the trading of Indian equity index products at a hub in Western India. The move aims to create a larger pool of liquidity comprising both international and Indian market participants.

Intercontinental Exchange has agreed to acquire a suite of fixed income volatility indices from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Instinet has appointed Seema Arora as head of execution sales for the EMEA region, as part of a push to offer execution and bespoke, solution-driven strategies.

Eurex Exchange on Tuesday reported a strong set of numbers for the month of July, with its number of contracts traded rising 18% year on year.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sanctioned trader and CFTC-registered floor broker Benjamin Cox for alleged spoofing.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Malcolm Clark Hutchison III as director of its clearing and risk division.

Equity derivatives clearer the Options Clearing Corporation has appointed Susan O'Flynn and Stuart Bourne to its board of directors.

UniCredit is to launch two exchange-traded funds on indices that combine a factor strategy with environmental, social and governance considerations.

Invesco has made two hires, Ali Zouiten and Derek Steeden, to bolster its derivatives-based solutions.