Tuesday October 22 2013
News Source: Global Exchanges
Focus: General - Global Exchanges
Type: General
Country: Australia
Link: http://www.asxgroup.com.au/media/PDFs/ASX_VIX_Futures_-_21_October_2013.pdf
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has commenced trading of S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures, a new exchange-traded product that allows users to trade, hedge and arbitrage anticipated volatility in the Australian equity market.
The new S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures will allow market participants to trade anticipated changes in volatility in a single transaction and in a manner independent of the factors that normally complicate volatility strategies, such as expiring options and price movements in the underlying market.
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