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Effective June 20, 2012, Eurex Clearing will implement U.S. dollar (USD) in the Eurex® core system as “Eurex Currency” for the purpose of automated calculation of corresponding foreign exchange rates, mainly for USD GC Pooling® transactions. The term “Eurex Currency” refers to the merely operational and technical character of such currency, enabling an enhanced risk management process.
Please note that by implementing USD as “Eurex Currency” it will not become a Clearing Currency. The Clearing Currencies will remain euro (EUR) and Swiss franc (CHF) only.
As of June 20, 2012, the additional Eurex Currency USD will be displayed in the clearing systems and will be reflected in the Exchange Rate Overview in the Risk GUI “@X-tract”. Also effective June 20, 2012, derived USD Cross Currency Haircuts will be available on the Eurex Clearing website.
Clearing Members and Vendors who automatically import the Currency Haircut file (FPHCPA) need to consider that as of June 20, 2012, the file will contain additional entries (against the Eurex Currency USD). The file layout/structure itself is not affected by the additional Eurex Currency.
Please note that potentially further “Eurex Currencies” will be added in the future. As far as they are not officially declared as “Clearing Currency", they remain as “Eurex Currencies” only.
Market Status ⓘ
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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.
Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message.
We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.
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