Derivative Instruments
In October 2009, the volume of trading in all derivative instruments was 1.1 million instruments and the total number of open interest was 153.0 thousand at the end of October (the hi
Structured Products
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's (HKEx) Derivatives
Market Transaction Survey 2008/09 (covering the period from July 2008 to June
2009) found that Exchange Participants' (EPs) principal trading supported half
of the trading in HKEx's...
(Update1) Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the
investment bank liquidating in bankruptcy, asked a judge for
permission to pay $50 million to employees dealing with its
derivative contracts, according to a court filing today.
U.S. regulators are increasingly looking beyond stocks in their insider trading investigations to examine derivatives and credit default swaps, a top Securities and Exchange Commission official said.
(Update2) The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission will focus on financial instruments such as
derivatives as it broadens a crackdown on insider trading by
hedge funds, enforcement director Robert Khuzami said.