Global Derivatives Market Insights and Analysis

The exchange group said that modernised settlement and centralised supervision frameworks for central counterparties (CCPs) and index providers are essential to improving the competitiveness of European capital markets.

European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) chair Verena Ross stressed the need to revisit the regulator’s rulebook on market integration, enhanced supervision and investor protection to ensure that it remains proportionate in a competitive economic environment.

While global dominance of US dollar is unlikely to weaken in the near term, geopolitical fragmentation could weaken the greenback's long-standing dominance in global trade and finance, a recent Acuiti report concluded.

The London-based brokerage and clearing firm will provide an over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform to support the standardised ‘super-peak’ electricity contract, complementing the existing exchange-traded market.

The US based prediction market has appointed a representative in Japan and is laying the groundwork to lobby for prediction markets launch in the Asian country, Bloomberg reported.

The US regulated crypto derivatives exchange will replicate its existing perpetual-style framework for crypto futures to launch perpetual futures on thematic equity indices, beginning with four sectors, designed to track major market and technology trends.

The US futures and swaps watchdog and the National Hockey League (NHL) have collaborated to protect the integrity of professional hockey and maintain fair and transparent prediction markets.

The US markets regulator has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Futures Association (NFA) to enhance their cooperation, coordination, and information sharing in areas of common regulatory interest.

The US Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Data Privacy examined the rapid expansion of sports betting in the US and the role of prediction markets in wagering without state regulators.