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Derivatives

  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    Special ReportRisk Management: Financial Institutions
    Is ‘hidden leverage’ an accident waiting to happen?

    Investors and regulators at odds over threat posed by hard-to-detect debt

    A man in a suit exits a courthouse flanked by another suited man and a uniformed officer, passing metal barricades
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    LexForeign exchange
    FX traders find silver lining in geopolitical grey clouds Premium content

    Where there is volatility, there is often a trading opportunity

    Several US 100-dollar banknotes are arranged in a curved pattern
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Markets volatility
    Investors rush to protect against Wall Street ‘volatility spikes’

    US stocks have risen this year, but traders are hedging against big swings induced by Trump’s erratic policymaking

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Indian business & finance
    India’s crackdown on derivatives frenzy to hit online brokers

    Intervention to curb options trading has brought down volumes by 70%

    Employees walk past electronic boards displaying stock figures in the atrium of the National Stock Exchange of India building in Mumbai
  • Monday, 10 February, 2025
    Deutsche Bank AG
    Deutsche Bank fined €10mn by Spanish regulator over forex mis-selling

    German watchdog BaFin set to conclude its own investigation in coming weeks

    A woman walks past a Deutsche Bank branches in Madrid
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    Investments
    How investors can harness Trump-induced volatility

    Some want their portfolio to take cover with cash or gold — for others, it’s a huge buying opportunity

  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    Clearing & Settlement
    Brussels proposes extending EU banks’ access to UK clearing houses

    European Commission wants to prolong existing arrangements that benefit City of London

    City of London skyline
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    BlackRock filing for hedge fund strategy ETF underlines new tilt

    Move demonstrates manager’s new determination to democratise alternatives and could be timely, analysts say

    A trader works at his desk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    MicroStrategy mania exposes rare faultline in ETF industry

    Sharp deviations have appeared in expected returns of two leveraged funds amid surge in bets

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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK insurance industry
    BoE plans tougher liquidity rules for insurers following ‘critical gaps’

    Mini-budget and pandemic showed need for more frequent reporting, regulator says

    The Bank of England in the City of London
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Starbucks pares hedging programme despite coffee market surge

    Buyer of 3 per cent of world’s coffee holds less than $200mn in fixed-price contracts, down from $1bn in 2019

    Montage image of Starbucks coffee cups and a chart
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    New titans of Wall Street — an FT series
    Is Chicago’s Don Wilson the smartest man in trading?

    From cleaning up after Lehman Brothers to early bets on Bitcoin, DRW has become an industry colossus

    Montage of Don Wilson, DRW logo, Chicago skyline
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Futures contracts
    CME customers criticise futures exchange after it wins approval to also act as broker

    Derivatives traders warn of potential ‘conflicts of interest’ as Chicago group gains licence

    CME Group headquarters in Chicago
  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    Low-volatility ETFs lose favour as investors jump to buffered peers

    Despite poor returns in recent years, analysts say people could be missing out on their long-term investment potential

    A trader looks at a screen
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
    US election betting is on a roll

    In the months leading up to election day, people from around the world have placed millions of dollars in wagers on who will be the next American president

  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto exchanges turn to derivatives to lure cautious investors

    New market entrants switch focus to offering leveraged bets

  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    New titans of Wall Street — an FT series
    How Susquehanna’s Jeff Yass mastered the options game

    Obsession with odds spawned a trading giant — and shaped the industry’s approach to markets

    A montage of Jeff Yass, the Susquehanna logo, and poker chips
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    A day of escalation in the Middle East

    Iran launches missiles into Israel following IDF ground offensive in Lebanon

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    India tightens derivatives trading rules after retail options frenzy

    Regulator aims to clamp down on country’s retail trading mania

    The Securities & Exchange Board of India building in Mumbai
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Investors turn to volatility trades to profit from tight US election

    Traders opt for complex derivative bets instead of predicting who will win, as November vote takes centre stage in markets

    Composite image of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Lithium
    CME expands lithium futures battle with LME as battery demand soars

    US futures exchange launches contracts for raw material used in electric vehicle chargers

    Montage of CME logo and CME logo on the screen of a mobile phone
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    EU business regulation
    Nasdaq and Deutsche Börse raided in EU antitrust investigation

    Offices targeted in two countries as Brussels scrutinises derivatives market for potential anti-competitive practices

    Traders at work in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which is run by Deutsche Börse
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    BGC Partners Inc
    BGC’s Howard Lutnick takes on CME with interest rate futures debut

    Bank of England’s credibility under fire from Chicago in battle with New York

    Howard Lutnick alongside Donald Trump
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Carbon trading
    US adopts first guidelines to shore up carbon credit markets

    Derivatives regulator sets basic standards amid concerns about greenwashing and ineffective offsets

    Rostin Benham
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast21 min listen
    Is there a bubble waiting to burst in India?

    Investors could be in for a rude awakening

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