Whistleblowers, take heart: the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reports that it has had a record year for whistleblowers, granting 10 of them awards, which total more than $150 million in final determinations. The awards were issued between July and September 2026. “Eligible whistleblowers may receive between 10 and 30 percent of the monetary sanctions… Read More >>
CME Group & Silicon Data to Launch Compute Futures
Derivatives exchanges company CME Group and GPU market intelligence and benchmarking provider Silicon Data will launch two compute futures contracts on Oct. 5, 2026, pending regulatory review, officials say. “Explosive demand has driven sharp swings in compute prices, with volatility exposing a gap in the risk-management toolkit for companies building the A.I. infrastructure. CME Group… Read More >>
CME to Launch Eris SOFR Swap Options in June
CME Group is slated to launch options on Eris SOFR Swap futures on June 16, 2026, pending regulatory review, as a way to help clients better manage U.S. dollar interest rate risk, officials say. “Our new options on Eris SOFR Swap futures will provide clients with additional flexibility in managing U.S. dollar interest rate risk,”… Read More >>
SEC & CFTC Vow to End Regulatory Turf Wars
A while back, I wrote about Timothy G. Massad, a former CFTC chairman, who asked via an op-ed piece for the Brookings Institution if it was time to merge the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It looks as if the two regulators have answered that question by promising… Read More >>
Departing CFTC Chairman Urges Guardrails for Digital Assets
The incoming Trump administration will have clean slates as far as regulating U.S. securities and commodities markets as Rostin Behnam, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced on January 7 that he will be stepping down from his position on January 20 with his final day being Friday, February 7. Behnam was… Read More >>
Emerging Derivatives Exchanges Need IT Upgrades: Report
Executives at derivatives exchanges in emerging and frontier markets say in a new survey that they need to invest in technology to grow their businesses but less than half of the venues surveyed had actually upgraded their matching engine over the past six years. This lack of state-of-the-art IT infrastructures is also striking given the… Read More >>
Axoni Sells Veris Business Unit to LSEG
Axoni, a provider of trade workflow applications and real-time data replication, has sold its Veris business and intellectual property to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which intends to maximize the business potential of the post-trade platform for equity swaps, officials say. Axoni and LSEG officials are not disclosing the financial terms for the transaction,… Read More >>
FIA Updates Best Practices for Credit Risk Mitigation
Post-trade controls, monitoring, and data collection are essential to mitigate the risk involved in the automation of exchange-traded futures, options, and centrally cleared derivatives. With the help of updated best practices, these controls can work well in conjunction with pre-trade controls to prevent credit events or unintended transactions. So says the Futures Industry Association (FIA)… Read More >>
ISDA Survey: Number of Dealers to Shrink While Costs Rise
Respondents to an ISDA derivatives industry survey have expressed optimism about the future of their market, but almost half of those surveyed say that the number of derivatives dealers is declining, and that the cost of using derivatives is increasing. In particular, the survey found that 47.3 percent of respondents say “the number of derivatives… Read More >>
