1. Introduction
With effect from 18 March 2024, U.S. direct access tradability of the following product will be withdrawn for U.S. Eurex Participants:
Product name | | Product ID | | Currency | | Previous Capacity Group | | New Capacity Group |
STOXX® Europe 600 Financial Services Futures | | FSTF | | EUR | | Cash/Physical EUR - CFTC | | Cash/Physical EUR |
2. Required action
All Trading Participants that have open positions in STOXX® Europe 600 Financial Services Futures must comply with applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulation once these Futures contracts transition to Foreign Security Futures Products (FSFPs).
3. Details
The above STOXX® Europe 600 Financial Services Futures will transition from non-narrow-based security index futures to narrow-based security index futures effective at the close of trading on 23 March 2024. Accordingly, the CFTC will be withdrawing its non-narrow-based certification for the contracts at this upcoming date.
After the close of trading on 23 March 2024, STOXX® Europe 600 Financial Services Futures contracts will be security futures and must therefore be traded in accordance with both the U.S. securities and commodity futures laws.
Eurex Exchange notes that, in order to ensure compliance, its 18 March 2024 withdrawal of direct access tradability for U.S. Eurex Participants is in advance of the official date of the STOXX® Europe 600 Financial Services Index’s transition to a narrow-based security index.
All Trading Participants are reminded that all trading of eligible FSFPs for U.S. accounts must comply with the 2009 SEC Order, the Commodity Exchange Act, and the terms of Eurex Circular 105/21.
The multicast addresses for data distribution remain unchanged. However, the following changes have been made for the port numbers:
- Snapshot messages: Port change from 59000 to 59032
- Incremental messages: Port change from 59001 to 59033
The corresponding new "capacity group" for STOXX® Europe 600 Financial Services Futures is "Cash/Physical EUR" (previously: "Cash/Physical EUR - CFTC").
Further information
Recipients: | | All Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland and Vendors |
Target groups: | | Front Office/Trading, Middle + Backoffice, IT/System Administration, Auditing/Security Coordination |
Contact: | | client.services@eurex.com or Rachna Mathur, rachna.mathur@eurex.com, Equity and Index Sales America, tel. +1 212 309 93 08 |
Related circular: | | Eurex Circular 105/21 |
Web: | | www.eurex.com |
Authorized by: | | Randolf Roth |