Volatility of equity markets continued to decrease in June 2020 compared to the peak levels seen in March this year, despite a slight increase during the first half of June.

Both the VStoxx in Europe and Vix in the US stabilised around 30 after a at 40 peak in mid-June, when the Federal Reserve said it would  hold interest rates steady at near-zero levels until at least 2022. With this backdrop, Spectrum Markets has reported an increase in trading volume for the ninth consecutive month of full trading. In June, 35.3 million securitised derivatives were traded, a 2.3% increase over the previous month and  another record. ‘Investors’ ability to

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