Exchanges
CME Group will launch CME Cleared Swaps on Sept. 2. CME Group also will offer 3-month Overnight Index Swaps futures and options on futures. The futures contract will be available for a trade date of September 8. www.cmegroup.com
NYSE Euronext added nine ETFs to its EasyETF range. www.nyx.com
Liffe now offers options contracts on Suez Environnement on its Paris market. www.euronext.com
The New York Mercantile Exchange launched a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative carbon dioxide allowance futures contract. www.nymex.com
Indexes
The Chicago Board Options Exchange launched the CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index. www.cboe.com
Newedge’s AlternativeEdge Short-Term Traders Index finished the month of July up 0.78%. www.newedge.com
Dow Jones Indexes and Brookfield Asset Management launched the Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes. www.dowjones.com
Forex
Interbank FX launched IBFX PowerStats, a trading tool that allows traders to learn more about the behavior of a given currency pair. www.ibfx.com
Dukascopy SWFX Swiss FX Marketplace entered into a collaboration with Citibank wherein banks, hedge funds and institutions can open an account with Citibank and trade directly on the Swiss FX Marketplace. Dukascopy-SWFX also is now available to regional banks and brokers through its White Label program. www.dukascopy.com
Trading Platforms
PFG BEST Direct ProTrader is now free. www.pfgpro.com
DTN introduced the DTN ProphetX 3.3 trading platform. www.dtn.com
ETFs
Deutsche Bank has listed two new db x-trackers ETFs on the CAC 40 and the CAC 40 short indexes on Euronext Paris. www.dbxtrackers.com
Invesco PowerShares will develop an ETF based on the Nasdaq OMX Global Agriculture Index. www.invescopowershares.com
Options
ACTIV Financial Inc. and Hanweck Associates launched VoleraFeed, a real-time options analytics service. www.activfinancial.com .
Other
Bloomberg Tradebook has launched a new IF/TRAIL algorithm on its futures system. www.bloombergtradebook.com
TradeStation Securities now offers flat-fee commission plans for equity traders. www.tradestation.com
