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Dec 18, 2017

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Equity derivatives, ETF and ETC derivatives and Bloomberg Commodity Index derivatives: Updated position limits

Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Zürich (collectively: the Eurex Exchanges) review and update the position limits for equity derivatives, ETF and ETC derivatives in regular intervals. Effective 3 January 2018, position limits will also be defined for Bloomberg Commodity Index derivatives by the respective supervisory authority, the “Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht” (BaFin, NCA of Germany), according to MiFID II regulations. As of 3 January 2018, the new and updated position limits will be available in the Excel file “Product specifications” on the Eurex website www.eurexchange.com under the following link:

Products > Product Information

Please note that the position limits will not be displayed on a single product view anymore.

As announced in Eurex circular 232/07, only contracts with physical delivery will be taken into account for calculation of the position limits for Single Stock Futures contracts.

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