Bringing Europe and APAC closer: An interview with Mezhgan Qabool
What benefits do European indices bring to Asian traders?
By going from 14 to 21 hours in December 2018 for select liquid futures, we made Europe more easily accessible to Asian investors. At the same time, we have significantly increased hedging and risk management capabilities and price discovery across time zones for our global customer base. Furthermore, we removed any proxy hedging strategies our clients might have used previously. Our markets are now open for investors to trade our products directly and they can react to market news, movements, geopolitical events and financial announcements in the same time zone that they take place.
Where do you see the most adoption of extended trading hours in Asia?
Adoption of the products in extended trading hours comes from across the Asia Pacific and globally and has various client types. 70% of the flow is from end clients, the buy-side, brokers, propriety trading firms, and banks. 30% of our volume is contributed via our...
