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Exchange for Swaps (EFS) Facility

Exchange for Swaps (EFS) Facility

EUR Asset Swaps - Margin, Default Fund and Regulatory Capital Efficiencies Clearing both sides of a EUR Asset Swap, such as cleared IRS and Eurex Bond futures, through Eurex Clearing provides buy and sell side participants significant margin savings thanks to Eurex Clearing’s innovative Prisma cross product and portfolio margining system. Additionally, the sell side also benefits from reduced default fund and regulatory capital requirements.

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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