Exchanges
CME Group will allow block trades for certain CBOT interest rate products, subject to CFTC approval. Also, CME completed the migration of the e-cbot futures and options on futures contracts on to its CME Globex electronic trading platform. www.cmegroup.com
The New York Mercantile Exchange will list European-style natural gas options and European-style crude oil options for trading on the CME Globex platform. www.nymex.com, www.cmegroup.com
NYSE Euronext and Caisse des Dépôts launched Bluenext, an international exchange for the environment, operating markets in carbon emission allowances and credits. www.bluenext.eu
Forex
FXCM announced changes to its Marketscope charting package. www.fxcm.com
FX Solutions introduced GTS Web, a web-based forex trading platform. www.fxsolutions.com
Indexes
Dow Jones Indexes and Muscat Securities Market, the stock exchange in Oman, launched the Dow Jones MSM Index.
Also, Dow Jones Indexes launched the Dow Jones Dharma Indexes, which measure the performance of companies selected according to the principles of Dharmic religions, especially Hinduism and Buddhism. www.djindexes.com.
Hedge funds
HedgeCo LLC announced the launch of the new and redesigned HedgeCo.Net www.hedgeco.net.
Options
The International Securities Exchange and Eurex will jointly develop a new options trading system for ISE. www.ise.com
OptionsHouse released the OptionsHouse 2008 Online Options Investor Study. www.optionshouse.com
Liffe will offer IFT and ISX option contracts that will respectively have the iShares FTSE 100 and the iShares DJ Euro Stoxx 50 ETFs as their underlying security. www.euronext.com
Other
YellowJacket and Risk Management Solutions launched the Weather Derivatives Starter Kit for weather market entrants and participants. www.yjenergy.com
Deutsche Bank subsidiary db x-trackers began trading six new ETFs in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment. www.deutsche-boerse.com
AgriCharts, a division of Barchart.com, launched a daily agricultural newsletter, historical data and advanced charts. www.barchartinc.com
MOJO HD premiered “Wall Street Warriors,” an online series following six Wall Street investors. www.mojohd.com
29West released version 2.0 of its UME messaging suite. www.29west.com
Interactive Brokers launched the IB Risk Navigator. www.interactivebrokers.com
eSignal launched Quote.com 2.0 and eSignal version 10. www.esignal.com
