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20 Dec 2007
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Eurex's merger with the International Securities Exchange (ISE) is completed.
Thus its global liquidity network is expanded into the U.S. and U.S. Dollar products.
The combination creates the leading transatlantic derivatives marketplace for equity
and equity index derivatives with an overall trading volume of 2.1 billion contracts
in 2006. ISE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurex.
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18 Dec 2007
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Borzen, the Slovenian power exchange, and Eurex, the international derivatives
exchange, create jointly a spot power market for the broader South Eastern European
region - SouthPool. The new company will be launched as of January 2008. Initially,
Borzen will hold a stake of 51 percent in the joint venture, Eurex 49 percent. The
partners aim to establish the leading regional cross-border power exchange with a
spot market for power and gas.
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13 Dec 2007
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Eurex will continue to expand its international distribution network in 2008. As
of 1 January 2008, an incentive program will be initiated for new traders from
central and (south-)eastern European countries (CEE states), and the Global Connectivity
Initiative, which was launched at the beginning of 2007, will be extended for another year.
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05 Dec 2007
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European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and Eurex start their cooperation in emissions
trading. As part of this cooperation, EEX and Eurex offer trading in emission rights
through the Eurex system, which they both use. Eurex participants can trade EEX CO2
products via their existing infrastructure connections; they can get direct access to the
EEX order book if they have been admitted by EEX for trading emission allowance products.
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25 Oct 2007
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Eurex will be launching new Euro inflation futures on 21 January 2008. The futures
contract will be based on the harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP), which
measures inflation in the Euro zone.
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| 27 Sep 2007 |
Eurex will be launching around 170 further single stock futures on stocks listed on
the Dow Jones STOXX® 600, RDXxt® USD and S&P 500 indices in the period from October
2007 up to February 2008.
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| 18 Sep 2007 |
Eurex is expanding its offering of Swiss underlying products to include futures and
options on the SLI Swiss Leader Index® - The new contracts will be launched on 22 October.
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| 30 Jul 2007 |
The U.S. supervisory authority, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has
approved trading in further Eurex products on the U.S. market with immediate effect.
The approval comprises the futures on the European Dow Jones STOXX® 600 and Dow Jones
STOXX® Mid 200 indices.
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| 23 Jul 2007 |
Eurex expands its product range in the area of equity index derivatives with with futures and options on
the indices Dow Jones EURO STOXX® Select Dividend 30 as well as Dow Jones STOXX® Large and Small 200.
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| 06 Jun 2007 |
After the corresponding regulatory approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority at the end of
March 2007, Eurex connects Jebel Tariq Trading DMCC to its international liquidity network as the first
participant from Dubai. By this step, Eurex is the first international exchange with participants that
trade directly from the United Arab Emirates.
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| 04 Apr 2007 |
Expansion of the Eurex product portfolio with 17 Single Stock Futures and listing of GBP-denominated
products for the first time.
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| 02 Apr 2007 |
With a total of 199 million contracts traded in March 2007 Eurex notes the strongest trading month ever.
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27 Mar 2007
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Launch of the world's first exchange-listed credit futures and start of trade with three contracts:
Futures based on the indices iTraxx® Europe 5-year, iTraxx® Europe HiVol 5-year and iTraxx® Europe
Crossover 5-year.
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| 08 Feb 2007 |
With the introduction of USD-denominated derivatives on Russian underlyings Eurex makes possible an
immediate participation in the rapidly expanding Russian market.
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