In the realm of equity derivatives, 25.9 million contracts were traded in June, representing an 11% decrease from the same period last year. Meanwhile, in the OTC Clearing sector, the notional outstanding volumes witnessed a 23% increase in June compared to the previous year, reaching EUR 33,623 billion compared to EUR 27,247 billion. Within this,…
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Notional outstanding volumes in OTC clearing also witnessed strong growth with 30% YoY. The Overall outstanding volume reached €26,186 billion at the end of last month. On monthly basis, there was a 4.2% decrease from €27,344. The official announcement also detailed that the average daily cleared volumes jumped by 52% during last month, compared to…
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Notional outstanding volumes in OTC clearing also witnessed strong growth with 27% YoY. The Overall outstanding volume reached €26.286 billion at the end of last month. However, on Monthly basis, there was an 8.7% decrease from €28,792. Eurex also registered a surge in overnight index swaps of 108% YoY. Interest rate swaps also spiked 28%…
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Eurex explained: Eurex FX Futures are similar to OTC FX Forwards but have significantly lower counterparty credit risk (CCR) because financial obligations are guaranteed by Eurex Clearing as the central counterparty (CCP). In addition, given the bilateral margin requirements in OTC trading under the Uncleared Margin Rules (UMR) or the revised capital requirements under SA-CCR,…
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Outstanding notional volumes in OTC clearing also witnessed strong growth with 32% YoY. The Overall outstanding volume reached €27,093 billion at the end of last month. Eurex also registered a surge in overnight index swaps of 120%. Interest rate swaps also spiked 28% in July. The official announcement also detailed that the average daily cleared…
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Eurex and MSCI partnered in 2008 and since then over 100 million contracts have been traded. At the start of 2022, the exchange hit record numbers as it traded 290,810 MSCI options in January. Eurex stated: Two additional ESG indices will be covered with futures: MSCI Europe ESG screened and MSCI EMU ESG screened. Those…
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The exchange stated: Also, in its listed business Eurex saw a good start into the new year. In terms of traded contracts, equity index derivatives stood out in particular, growing by 6 percent year-on-year to 65.7 million in January. Interest rate derivatives contracts traded also grew – by 4 percent to 45.2 million year-on-year. Equity…
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Randolf Roth, Member of the Eurex Executive Board, said: We are pleased that we can finally offer our community direct access to the Brazilian market, which accounts for by far the largest weight – 66 percent – in the MSCI EM Latin America Index. For the first time, futures on the MSCI Brazil will be…
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Using CLS means that Eurex Clearing has support from a well-known settlement provider. This is expected to ensure that the services are able to run smoothly as soon as they are officially launched to the public. Erik Müller, the CEO of Eurex Clearing said: Central clearing and guaranteed settlement for cross currency swaps in CLSClearedFX…
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Research published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reveals that 2.3 million adults now have cryptoassets. The number is 1.9 million higher than last year. The research estimates that 78% of people have heard of cryptocurrencies while last year it was 73%. The UK regulator’s analysis shows that as holding crypto has become commonplace, the attitudes toward…
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