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AT A GLANCE · Six new contracts offer futures market participants access to tools tracking some of the most popular S&P and Nasdaq sector indices, including semiconductors and bi ...

Fastmarkets recently partnered with CME Group for the “Hedging Lumber Risk” webinar, where our experts explored the changing dynamics of the North American lumber market and the role of the new CME ...

As index investing continues to expand, currency hedging has become an increasingly important component of portfolio management. For investors with global exposures, currency movements can materially ...

China has slapped a trading suspension and fines on a hedge fund firm for high-frequency trading in index-futures contracts, signalling that a crackdown on so-called quantitative investments has ...

Montreal Exchange Inc. plans to launch a Canadian bank credit futures contract next year, at a time when heightened macro volatility is boosting global demand for access to the market. The contract ...

VIXY is not a suitable long-term portfolio hedging tool due to negative roll effect in VIX futures, down -85% in 3 years. VIXY is only profitable in rare events, up 9.9% for the year despite a 55% ...

Based on indices provided by Vaisala Xweather, the new futures will track and settle against independent datasets that model projected wind power output at designated locations. The new contracts add ...

Corporate Bond Index Futures are expected to provide an additional avenue for risk management, portfolio hedging and price ...

CME Group will list Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on Oct. 19, pending review, with standard and Micro sizes of 250/25 BCH ...