Futures and options

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Cinnober buys stake in FfastFill

Swedish trading technology vendor Cinnober has acquired a three per cent stake in UK rival FfastFill.

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LSE to launch pan-European derivatives platform

The London Stock Exchange is making a play for the European derivatives market, launching a platform based on technology from TMX Group.

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Technology spending cuts could see CFTC run out of data storage - O'Malia

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on course to run out of room to store its data by October because of an £11 million technology budget cut, Commissioner Scott O'Malia has claimed.

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FIA to present alternative trade reporting system to CFTC

The Futures Industry Association has fired the latest salvo in its campaign to head off onerous new record-keeping rules by pressing ahead with plans for an ownership and control reporting system that it claims will form a 'practical and cost-effective' alternative to that proposed by industry watchdogs.

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CME rebuked by regulators over compliance staff levels

US futures regulators have upbraided the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade for cutting compliance staff levels in the wake of their 2007 merger.

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Confusion reigns as CME mistakenly places test orders on live markets

CME Group says it inadvertently placed thousands of test orders on live energy and metals markets on its electronic trading platform yesterday.

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Futures body takes on CFTC over data gathering proposals

The Futures Industry Association has slammed regulatory proposals to gather more account information from market participants as "premature" and overly burdensome for the industry.

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Instinet launches US options dark pool

Electronic trading and brokerage giant Instinet has launched a dark liquidity pool for US listed options.

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Drunk oil trader banned and fined

An oil trader who bought seven million barrels of crude in the early hours after "extremely heavy drinking" has been banned and fined by the FSA.

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Cantor to drop movie exchange in face of looming government ban

Despite receiving regulatory approval, Cantor Fitzgerald appears set to abandon plans to launch an exchange for trading movie box office receipt contracts after lawmakers moved to ban the practice.

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BNY Mellon launches clearing unit

BNY Mellon is creating a new company to clear futures and derivatives trades on behalf of its institutional clients.

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SEC staffer's move to Getco prompts review of 'revolving door'

A US Senator has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to review its "revolving door" policy, which sees many senior staffers leave for jobs with firms they once regulated.

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CFTC proposes co-location rule

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is calling for a new rule governing co-location in a bid to level the playing field for traders.

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FIA makes DMA risk management recommendations

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) has set out recommendations devised to help manage the risk related to direct market access to exchange networks.

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Hollywood and politicians join forces to oppose film futures exchanges

A coalition of Hollywood players and politicians have joined forces to oppose two new electronic futures exchange for trading movie box office receipt contracts.

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Film futures exchange set for launch

US firm Media Derivatives claims it will pip rival Cantor Fitzgerald to launch the first electronic futures exchange for trading movie box office receipt contracts.

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Hollywood Stock Exchange preps for launch

Cantor Fitzgerald is set to launch an electronic futures exchange in April that lets traders hedge and speculate on the financial performance of movies.

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Post-trade automation top priority for FX traders and hedgies

The credit crisis and rise of electronic trading have led to a fundamental shift in the global foreign exchange market towards risk mitigation over the last couple of years, according to research from CME Group.

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Thomson Reuters woos high-frequency traders with microsecond access to news

In a bid to woo high-frequency traders in London and Chicago, Thomson Reuters has launched a market data delivery service promising microsecond access to "market moving" machine readable news content.

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Finextra and the FISD partner for webcasts in 2010

The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) and Finextra have forged a partnership to deliver a series of video webcasts for market data and risk management professionals worldwide with a focus on real-time data management and delivery, reference data, and standards.