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March Nikkei futures seen settling at 10,808.73

TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - Nikkei futures and options contracts expiring in March likely settled at 10,808.73, Tokyo market participants said on Friday, citing estimates by local brokerages. The closely watched settlement price, known in Japan as the
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UPDATE 2-Fannie, Freddie to clear interest rate swaps

By Ann Saphir BOCA RATON, Fla., March 11 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-funding giants that were seized by the government in September 2008, will start using central counterparty clearing this year in a move that could mark a
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S.Africa's rand steady vs dollar, stock futures down

South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar early on Thursday and was seen rangebound, while stock futures pointed to a weaker start on the bourse. Asian shares fell on risk aversion as investors feared China could tighten its monetary policy after
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UPDATE 2-Fannie, Freddie to clear interest rate swaps

* Fannie, Freddie among biggest US swaps holders * Move could be catalyst for market: FHFA official * Agencies to start with newly executed contracts BOCA RATON, Fla., March 11 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-funding giants that were
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UPDATE: CME Rival ELX To List Fed-Funds Futures By End Of 2010

(Updates with ELX plans to list options, and additional comments from ELX CEO.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- ELX Futures LP, launched less than a year ago, is extending its battle to take market share away from CME Group Inc. (CME), the
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Movie futures: place your bets on Hollywood films

Most trades are expected to come from movie biz insiders when exchange opens next month Almost everyone thinks they know a good movie when they see one. But how many can predict what will be good and what will be successful at the box office? Next month,
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3rd UPDATE: Chicago Board Options Exchange Files For IPO

(Updates with investor comment, member meeting date, beginning in fourth paragraph.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BOCA RATON, Fla. -(Dow Jones)- The parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange on Thursday moved ahead with plans for a long-delayed initial
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UPDATE: CME Rival ELX To List Fed-Funds Futures By End Of 2010

(Updates with ELX plans to list options, and additional comments from ELX CEO.) CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- ELX Futures LP, launched less than a year ago, is extending its battle to take market share away from CME Group Inc. (CME), the world's largest futures
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UPDATE: CME Rival ELX To List Fed-Funds Futures By End Of 2010

(Updates with ELX plans to list options, and additional comments from ELX CEO.) CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- ELX Futures LP, launched less than a year ago, is extending its battle to take market share away from CME Group Inc. (CME), the world's largest futures
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*Lead Nikkei Futures Open Up 35 Points At 10,640 On SGX

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Mar 11: Derivatives reform

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UPDATE 2-Fannie, Freddie to clear interest rate swaps

BOCA RATON, Fla., March 11 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-funding giants that were seized by the government in September 2008, will start using central counterparty clearing this year in a move that could mark a seismic shift in the
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UPDATE: CME Rival ELX To List Fed-Funds Futures By End Of 2010

(Updates with ELX plans to list options, and additional comments from ELX CEO.) CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- ELX Futures LP, launched less than a year ago, is extending its battle to take market share away from CME Group Inc. (CME), the world's largest futures
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SEC head urges Congress to act on derivatives

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Derivatives transparency is key battleground

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Japanese Stock Futures Rise on BOJ Speculation; Australia Gains

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stock futures rose on speculation the central bank will loosen monetary policies and after the yen weakened. Australian shares gained. New York-traded securities of Nissan Motor Co., a carmaker that gets 77 percent of its
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Film futures markets to launch soon

BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - If start-up Media Derivatives and broker dealer Cantor Fitzgerald have their way, investors may soon be able to place bets on the box office showing of summer blockbuster 'Iron Man 2.' Media Derivatives, a division of
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UPDATE 1-Fannie, Freddie to clear interest rate swaps

By Ann Saphir BOCA RATON, Fla., March 11 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage-funding giants, will this year begin running their portfolio of $3 trillion of interest rate swaps through centralized clearing, an official said on
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Should End Users Worry About Centralized Derivatives Clearing?

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UPDATE 1-Fannie, Freddie to clear interest rate swaps

BOCA RATON, Fla., March 11 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage-funding giants, will this year begin running their portfolio of $3 trillion of interest rate swaps through centralized clearing, an official said on Thursday. The
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UPDATE: CME Rival ELX To List Fed-Funds Futures By End Of 2010

(Updates with ELX plans to list options, and additional comments from ELX CEO.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- ELX Futures LP, launched less than a year ago, is extending its battle to take market share away from CME Group Inc. (CME), the
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CFTC to propose equal access to co-location

BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. regulators will propose a rule, aimed at high-frequency traders, to ensure all market participants have equal access to market data, the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Thursday. 'We are doing
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CBOE members to see $113.6M payout on eve of IPO

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UPDATE 1-Fannie, Freddie to clear interest rate swaps

BOCA RATON, Fla., March 11 (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage-funding giants, will this year begin running their portfolio of $3 trillion of interest rate swaps through centralized clearing, an official said on Thursday. The
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CBOE strives to sell members on $US300m IPO

Move could allow largest US options exchange to expand, be acquired. 12 Mar 2010 7:24 AM
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Regulator Faults Wall Street Banks On Derivatives

Wall Street banks are seeking exemptions to proposed new financial derivatives rules that could shield more than half the trades that should be subject to disclosure, a federal regulator said Thursday. The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading
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CBOE Files to Sell as Much as $300 Million in IPO (Update3)

(Adds use of proceeds in seventh paragraph and CME?s deal in second-to-last paragraph.) March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest U.S. equity derivatives market and the last major member-owned American bourse, filed to
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Grain futures close lower

Published: March. 11, 2010 at 5:23 PM CHICAGO, March 11 (UPI) -- Corn prices closed lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade with the dollar index was off 0.21 percent. Corn was off 1/4 to unchanged, soybeans were off 24 3/4 to off 27 1/2, wheat was
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Nifty futures deals now on Chicago bourse, S&P 500 and Dow on NSE

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Why Johnny Can't Understand Derivatives

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