U.S. regulators approved the first futures market based on movie box-office returns over the concern of lawmakers and Hollywood executives that the exchange may expose studios to speculative harm.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted today to let Veriana Networks Inc.'s Media Derivatives Inc. unit open a market for professional traders. A plan by Cantor Fitzgerald LP to create a market that includes retail investors is pending before the commission.
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