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The Hong Kong exchange confirmed 100% trading fee waiver for MSCI Taiwan Index Futures.

The Hong Kong exchange confirmed 100% trading fee waiver for MSCI Taiwan Index Futures.

Trading volume was nearly 127,000 contracts during the first week.

Reducing notional value to one tenth of the current size aims to make the contract more accessible.

VOLQ futures are meant to meet growing demand for tools to hedge portfolio volatility exposure.

The 10-year licensing agreement allows for the launch of 37 futures and options contracts in Hong Kong.

Exchanges in Asia-Pacific had the largest increase in trading volume in the first half.

There is latent demand from systematic and index funds to trade equity futures and options in Europe.

The contracts expand the coverage of underlying assets to the rest of Asia and beyond.

More than half of respondents said trading floor closures did not harm liquidity.