Articles Marketmedia | Derivatives (115)

The fragmentation of the derivatives markets is putting intense pressure on futures commission merchants to rationalize...

05.13.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

ISDA Supports Esma’s Frontloading Proposals

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association said proposals from the European financial regulator about frontloading...

05.09.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Euronext Automates Exchange for Physicals on Index Futures

Euronext will launch a platform next year which it said will be the first from an exchange to provide centrally cleared...

05.07.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

MarkitSERV Supports Equity Swaps Clearing

MarkitSERV, an electronic trade processing service for over-the-counter derivatives, is providing trade affirmation,...

05.06.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

William Floersch, a director of ABN Amro Clearing, has seen the options industry undergo tumultuous changes during his...

04.29.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Electronic trading in fixed income cash and derivatives products is on an upward trajectory, with a proliferation of trading...

04.28.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

As the post-MAT hits the two-month mark, SEF operators expect to see additional products 'MAT-ted', including packaged...

04.24.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

With “fragmentation” having become firmly entrenched within financial jargon, the next buzzword to emerge is...

04.24.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Swap execution facilities are required by law to maintain an order book, yet only a few have chosen to make that order book...

04.22.2014 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

FCMs Face Fragmented Markets

FCMs Face Fragmented Markets

ISDA Supports Esma’s Frontloading Proposals

Euronext Automates Exchange for Physicals on Index Futures

MarkitSERV Supports Equity Swaps Clearing

Options Markets, Then and Now

Electronic Bond Trading Gains

As Easy As M-A-T

Say Hello to Hyper-Fragmentation

SEFs: Through the Looking Glass

Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE?