TechFlow reports, on June 29, Intercontinental Exchange Group (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is planning to launch new futures contracts linked to global monetary policy decisions and U.S. natural gas inventories, aiming to provide investors with another avenue to hedge against economic event risks.
According to company executives, ICE plans to launch futures products based on interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of England. Pending regulatory approval, these economic indicator products are scheduled to go live on August 10. This move aims to enable investors to trade or hedge against scheduled policy meetings of the three major global central banks and the natural gas inventory levels published weekly by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (Jin10)
