Amber Wright to lead new R.J. O’Brien initiatives on fixed income and multi-asset electronic...
Futures brokerage and clearing firm R.J. O’Brien has appointed Amber Wright to executive director, global head of fixed income rates and e-trading sales, with...
Liquidnet: Listed derivatives volumes grew nearly 46% globally in 2021
A new report published by market operator Liquidnet has identified a 45.8% growth in listed derivatives trading volumes in 2021 over the previous year.
The...
CME Group to launch 20-Year US treasury bond futures on 7 March
Market operator CME Group will expand its benchmark US Treasury futures and options offering with the addition of 20-Year U.S. Treasury Bond futures on...
Tipping Point: CME’s SOFR-linked STIR Futures eclipse Libor-linked STIR Futures for first time
CME open interest data confirms that Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)-linked short term interest rate (STIR) Futures open interest has, for the first time,...
The advantages of derivatives trading
There can be valuable benefits to using derivatives as part of a portfolio.
Bringing derivatives into a fund’s mandate requires client appetite, portfolio management and...
CME reports record SOFR futures volume and open interest
Market operator and infrastructure provider, CME Group, has reported that a record 396,421 SOFR futures contracts were traded on 18 October 2021, surpassing the...
Five lessons from the closure of LSEG’s CurveGlobal
CurveGlobal, the interest rates derivatives market launched in 2016, is to run down its business before closing on Friday 28 January 2022, according to...
ION expands further with Clarus Financial Technology acquisition
ION Markets, the trading, analytics, and risk management solution provider for capital markets, has bought Clarus Financial Technology, a provider of SaaS analytics, data,...
Tradeweb monthly ADV up 20% year-on-year
Market operator Tradeweb has reported a total trading volume of US$19.8 trillion for August 2021 across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and...
Tradeweb announces first fully electronic SOFR swap spread trade
Market operator Tradeweb reports it has completed the first fully electronic institutional Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) swap spread trade. BlackRock and JP Morgan...
