Derivatives

INSIGHTS FROM CFA SOCIETY SINGAPORE

How scary are synthetic risk transfers?

JPMorgan plans to allow institutional clients to use their holdings of Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for loans. 

JPMorgan is exploring crypto trading for institutional clients

SGX chief executive Loh Boon Chye (third from right) at a panel with global exchange leaders at the Futures Industry Association Asia Derivatives Conference.

Asian exchanges play key role in providing global investors with diversification: SGX chief

Futures trading for the US S&P 500 and Nasdaq along with foreign exchange products were affected.

CME trading halted due to cooling issue at data centres

Credit derivatives allow a party to effectively buy insurance-like protection against a company defaulting on their debt. If a corporation doesn’t pay interest on its bonds, for example, the owner of credit derivatives can receive a payout.

Credit derivatives on Meta start trading after big bond sales

Hamilton Reiner, JPMAM managing director, believes options should be used for outcomes and not for leverage.
MIND THE GAP

Derivative-income funds offer attractive yields – if you can accept the trade-off

Continued demand for Singapore equities led to daily average value of S$1.5 billion in the July-to-September quarter, the highest quarterly figure since 2021.

SGX securities trading volume surges 50.8% in September on stronger equities demand

Chief market strategist at Moomoo Singapore Isaac Lim shares that exchange-traded funds work well for long-term passive allocation, while futures and options suit tactical active adjustments — and together, they create a stronger portfolio than either could on its own.
BRANDED CONTENT

S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100: How futures and options can be used as tools to hedge against market swings

The new quasi-snowballs have been redesigned to extend maturities and have fewer knock-in observation days, reducing the risk of losses.

China’s rich return to risky ‘snowball’ derivatives for yields

India's securities regulator says Jane Street manipulated intraday prices on 15 out of 18 days when options on Bank Nifty expired with high profits for some traders.

Jane Street shows dangers of finance as shampoo