News Center
Jun 17, 2013

Eurex

Eurex welcomes UOB Bullion and Futures as first member to connect to its enhanced Asia network

Full connection to Eurex’s enhanced network is now available via new Access Points in Hong Kong and Singapore

As part of the cooperation with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) which was announced last year, Eurex has moved its Singapore Access Point to SGX’s co-location data centre to enhance the connectivity and cost efficiencies of both Eurex and SGX members in Singapore and Frankfurt/Main respectively. At present, participants are able to obtain connections up to 80Mbit/s with direct access to Eurex’s trading platform. Given this high-speed connectivity, Eurex’s trading members will be able to provide their customers with an enhanced trading experience.

UOB Bullion and Futures Limited, a Eurex Exchange member, is the first to take advantage of the Eurex-SGX partnership which has provided a cost effective way to access Eurex’s high-speed network and in turn lower information technology (IT)-related costs. “We are proud to welcome UOB Bullion and Futures as the first member to connect to our improved Access Points infrastructure. We are also confident that more trading participants will adopt the same approach to access Eurex’s diversified derivatives market. Eurex will continue to provide our trading participants with the optimal technical trading environment,” said Roland Schwinn, Head of Asia Business Development and Middle East.

“We see being the first Eurex Exchange member to connect to both Eurex Access Points in Asia as an important step in becoming a leading prime broker in the Asia Pacific. This new connection enhances our current suite of services for trade execution and clearing in the major futures exchanges around the world,” said Matthew Png, Executive Director of UOB Bullion and Futures.

Media Contact:

Market Status

XEUR

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.

An instant update of the Market Status requires an enabled up-to date Java™ version within the browser.