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The international derivatives exchange Eurex announced that it has signed co-operation agreements with two well-known and highly respected partners in Taiwan, the National Taiwan University (NTU) and the Securities & Futures Institute (SFI).
The co-operation with NTU foresees joint training and education efforts for Taiwanese students and market participants. Eurex will provide substantial funding for the setup of a professional trading laboratory at NTU including the provision of market data. Additionally, the exchange will offer internships in its headquarter in Frankfurt/Main to selected students of NTU.
The co-operation with SFI is dedicated to jointly offer capital market training courses and aims to contribute to the development of the regional futures markets. The partnerships shall support the further internationalization of the Taiwanese financial market and build up a solid base of financial experts in Greater China.
Dr. Shing-yang Hu, Director, Department of Finance, NTU said, "The importance of Asian markets continues to grow and is driven by the development in Greater China. NTU has entered into this co-operation in order to intensify its efforts to combine practical experiences and academic research and study."
Chen Wei Long, President of SFI, commented, "Eurex Group's reputation as one of the leading global derivatives exchanges and clearing houses and its state-of-the-art expertise in terms of trading as well as risk management will make it an important partner for the further development of our future market."
"We share the vision of NTU and SFI to promote the internationalization of academic education in financial markets in Taiwan. I am looking forward to welcome the Taiwanese students in in our headquarter", added Michael Peters, member of the Eurex Executive Board.
Since last week, Eurex together with an Asian partner is also offering a web-based broadcast service specifically designed for traders in Asia. In the "Eurex Broadcast", an experienced Eurex trader comments on the current market developments in Europe twice a day before European and US markets open.
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Both co-operations are an important element of Eurex's Training & Education Initiative in Asia. With this initiative, the Eurex Group aims to improve the knowledge and expertise of Asia-based investors about the European markets and products as well as to introduce popular and widely used products, trading strategies and trends. It was launched in August 2010 starting in Taiwan and then being extended to also include Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Japan, India, Australia and Malaysia. Over 1,400 students and industry professionals have already joined the sessions held by experts from trading companies, academic lecturers from universities and dedicated Eurex staff.
The Training & Education Initiative complements Eurex's "Trader Development Program". The extension of the program is designed to further support trading development in this region. This development program is aimed at traders who have not been active on Eurex before but want to expand their proprietary trading activities in Eurex products.
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