Forum set up to improve equity derivatives efficiencies

Equity derivatives dealers have set up an industry group to improve trading efficiency and iron out operational issues in their market.

By John Ferry

The first meeting of the Equity Derivatives Market Forum, attended by operations representatives of 17 banks, took place at the end of March at the offices of UBS in London.

“In the past we used to have regular lock-in meetings in the interbank market, where we would get together and try to close down outstanding open confirms that we had,” says José-Luis DeJesus, UBS’s London-based executive director in charge of global equity derivatives operations.

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