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Eurex Exchange Readiness Newsflash | Updates August 2020

Eurex Exchange Readiness Newsflash

Dear Eurex Participant,

With this Newsflash, we would like to draw your attention to to the upcoming publications, events and necessary actions for the ongoing initiatives:

01 Aug

Benchmark Futures during Asian trading hours: Amendment of Liquidity Provider schemes

Amendment of the existing Liquidity Provider schemes for Benchmark Futures, during Asian trading hours will come into effect.

03 Aug

Mandatory PIN procedure for Trading on Behalf (ToB) and for further inquiries

A mandatory PIN authentication procedure will be introduced, for ToB and further inquiries in order to improve the identification of the requesting Exchange Participant.

03 Aug

Foreign Exchange (FX) derivatives: Amendment of the terms for FX Futures

Production start for amendment of the terms for FX Futures. 

03 Aug

Weekly index options on DAX®, EURO STOXX 50®, EURO STOXX® Banks, SMI®: Introduction of intra-day non-disclosure limits

Introduction of intra-day non-disclosure limits for Block Trades entered using the Eurex T7 Entry Services (TES) in weekly index options. 

03 Aug

Delisting of Inter-Product Spread Strategies in Fixed Income Futures

Inter-Product Spreads (IPS) for Fixed Income Futures will be delisted.

24 Aug

Passive Liquidity Protection: Further rollout to remaining equity options and DAX® index option

Passive Liquidity Protection (PLP) will be activated.

24 Aug

EURO STOXX 50 Index Options: Introduction of additional expirations

Two additional quarterly expirations in the second year of the offered terms for EURO STOXX® 50 Index Options (OESX) will be introduced in production.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us at: client.services@eurexchange.com.

Kind regards,
Your Client Services Team


Recipients:

All Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland and Vendors

Contact:

client.services@eurexchange.com

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