​Daily Bulletin: Monday Feb. 16

With the U.S. stock and bond markets closed for Presidents Day, flow in Europe and Asia was largely muted. Upside DAX positioning continues to be a theme, while calls on the Eurostoxx 50 going in to the European Central Bank meeting in March grow in popularity. In today’s coverage, we report on Eurex expanding its dividend derivatives offering by launching 31 additional single stock dividend futures. The move increases the number of single stock dividend contracts at Eurex to 143. Elsewhere, a former head of equity exotics trading at Barclays has joined a London-based hedge fund. Registration for our inaugural U.S. conference is open! Officials from AIG, Koch Industries, Ontario Teachers, HOOPP, Swiss Alpha, Caxton and Russell Investments are among the speakers at the gathering of equity and vol asset allocators, buysiders and sellsiders. Head to www.eqderivatives.com/events now for details and to secure an attendance spot at the May 20-21 event in Las Vegas.