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The Acuiti report explores attitudes towards elements of the market structure forged by native offshore crypto derivatives exchanges

<p><span>Proprietary trading firms in Europe are considering giving up their Mifid II licenses and/or moving operations outside the continent in order to mitigate the impact of new capital and other Mifid II-related rules, the latest </span><span>Acuiti Proprietary Trading Management Insight Report</span><span> has found.</span></p>

As third-party offerings in crypto derivatives grow more sophisticated, firms will look to third parties.

<p><span>Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) will bring significant efficiencies to global derivatives markets, but it is not a panacea for all processes, a new report by Acuiti has found.</span></p>

<p><span>Market risk has become the top concern of senior capital market executives, surpassing cyber risk for the first time, the latest KRM22 Capital Markets Risk Sentiment Index (CMRSI) has found.  </span></p>

Concerns over counterparty risk have also increased.

<p><span>Listed interest rate derivatives and commodities futures and options performed best for proprietary trading firms in the first half of 2022 as fears of a recession and soaring inflation caused volatility across global markets, this quarter’s Acuiti Proprietary Trading Managers’ Insight Report has found, conducted in partnership with Avelacom.</span></p>

Systems outperformed in Q1 2022 compared with a similar period of stress two years prior.

<p><span>Derivatives clearing banks’ post-trade systems performed significantly better during the volatility of Q1 2022 when compared to their performance during the initial outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite being tested with higher volumes, a study by Acuiti has found. </span></p>

<p><span>Listed energy and commodity derivatives markets experienced major liquidity issues during the February volatility while crypto derivatives remained liquid, a new report has found.</span></p>