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Repo futures prompt Libor rethink
A new futures product set to debut on NYSE Liffe in July promises to offer a more efficient way to hedge repo risk. But market participants say it also makes its index – the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s General Collateral Finance Repo Index – a more credible alternative to the London interbank offered rate.
DERIVATIVES: Repo futures cause Libor rethink
A new futures product set to debut on NYSE Liffe in July promises to offer a more efficient way to hedge repo risk. But market participants say it also makes its index, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s General Collateral Finance Repo Index, a more credible alternative to the London Interbank Offered Rate.
NYSE Euronext to give lift to CFDs
NYSE Euronext’s plan to try its hand at the retail-focused contracts for difference market has platforms and brokers on edge, but also elated. There is hope among many that the entry of a player as large as NYSE Euronext to the niche CFD market will bring more investors to the table.
