The need for hedging sustainability risks using ESG derivatives is increasing.
New features will include a more robust basket of deliverable treasuries and reduced tick size.
Trading in the first quarter of 2020 increased 43.2% year-on-year.
The high percentage of rolled contracts shows that ESG is not just a flash-in-the-pan.
ESG futures could incorporate new methodologies this year apart from exclusions.
Chicago-based futures exchange aims for the retail market.
Volumes beat the previous record of 6.2m set on September 16, 2019.
International average daily volume also reached a record 8.1m contracts.
Industry group cancels event on concerns about Coronavirus.