Europe diversifies US options strategies

摘要

The portion of US options demand stemming from European investors has seen a marginal decline over the last three years, but increased sophistication in products and strategies, diversification of the user-base and ongoing efforts to remove operational barriers could trigger rapid growth. According to a new report from Tabb Group, commissioned by the Options Industry Council, about 9% of daily US equity options trading volume in 2013 is estimated to originate from Europe, just short of the 10% estimate in 2011.