Otkritie Securities, the UK-based subsidiary of Russian investment bank Otkritie Financial, has announced it will offer futures contracts on the Futures and Options on RTS Derivatives Market (Forts) directly through trading technology provider CQG.

The partnership means clients can hold collateral (for trading on Forts) in US dollars and not just Russian rubles, and can trade from a unified multi-market derivatives account with access to global derivatives exchanges.

"The CQG electronic platform