Hedge Street Inc

Hedge Street Inc., founded by Portola Valley, Calif.-based investment company Pareto Partners, got approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to start an electronic exchange offering options on single events. Investors will be able to use the exchange to bet on or guard against events or indexes that do not have an underlying market, such as economic indicators, according to documents posted on the CFTC website.

Hedge Street Inc., founded by Portola Valley, Calif.-based investment company Pareto Partners, got approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to start an electronic exchange offering options on single events. Investors will be able to use the exchange to bet on or guard against events or indexes that do not have an underlying market, such as economic indicators, according to documents posted on the CFTC website.