Derivs - Equity

Nomura said it had appointed Ralson Roberts, formerly Goldman Sachs's co-head of EMEA execution services, as chief executive of Instinet, its agency brokerage unit.

Eurex Exchange, the derivatives exchange arm of Deutsche Bӧrse, is considering increasing its threshold for block trades in Euro Stoxx options. This would mean a greater share of trades having to be conducted without the privacy protections accorded to block trades.

As UK prime minister Theresa May looks to sell her Brexit deal to a disgruntled parliament, banks have been suggesting different options structures to clients to net positive returns from the resulting turbulence.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Friday said that its board of supervisors supported “continued access” to UK clearing houses in a no-deal scenario.

Another bruising week for equities is testing frayed nerves in equity capital markets, with this week’s US tech-stock sell-off adding to worries about issuance in 2019, writes Sam Kerr.

Investors have become more cautious about a popular derivatives volatility trade amid concerns of increased US equity turbulence in the weeks and months to come.

The number of indices that give exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) causes has grown by 60% in the last year, according to a survey conducted by trade body, the Index Industry Association (IIA).

The European Commission, on Tuesday, told UK clearing houses and securities depositories to pre-apply to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for recognition, should hard Brexit take place.

Inline warrants are growing in popularity as a means of generating returns when volatility is low.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has finally put forward its much anticipated proposed rules to amend regulation of swap execution facilities.

Representatives from European Union member states are debating the make-up of a proposed body to supervise clearing houses (CCPs), according to leaked documents seen by GlobalCapital.

CME Group has ticked off all of the regulatory approvals needed to forge ahead with its purchase of NEX Group, after the UK Competition and Markets Authority cleared the transaction on Wednesday.