Highlights

• Eurex/ISE Link
  The Eurex/ISE Link will allow Eurex Members to access the world's largest equity options market by leveraging their existing membership*. The Eurex/ISE Link is a transatlantic trading and clearing link between Eurex, the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Eurex Clearing and the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). From end of November 2009, Eurex members will gain access to ISE's products** in asset classes such as equity, equity index, ETF and FX. more
  
  
• Eurex/KRX Link
  The Eurex/KRX Link will give Eurex Members and their customers access to KOSPI 200 Options, the most heavily traded options contract in the world. This offering will provide investors trading and hedging opportunities for KOSPI 200 Options positions after Korean trading hours and a possibility to take positions as the global market fluctuates. Eurex intends to launch its KOSPI 200 product on the Eurex platform in January 2010. more
  
  
• Enhanced Risk Solution
  The Enhanced Risk Solution is a real-time risk data distribution service that Eurex plans to introduce in the first quarter of 2010. Eurex Clearing will set another milestone in risk management when it becomes the only clearing house worldwide to provide its members real-time risk data. All members will be able to inquire into their intraday, and where applicable, end-of-day risk data using a new FIXML-based connection over the new industry standard AMQP ("Advanced Message Queuing Protocol") transport.
  
  The introduction of AMQP leads to synergies for members because it allows them to program to one accepted standard in the banking industry rather than to a variety of proprietary interfaces, which can lead to significant cost savings. AMQP also fosters improved security as well as increased convenience and operational efficiency. more
  
  
• OTC Enhancements
  Eurex Release 12.0 introduces several enhancements that make OTC trading more convenient for users. An improved OTC volatility trading strategy automatically processes the underlying cash leg via Eurex Clearing's Equity CCP, thus significantly reducing operational risk. more
  
  The new release also features an extension of our Multilateral Trade Registration Facility which allows it to accommodate more products and strategies up to a total of 50 counterparties.

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• Matcher Performance Improvement
  On the technology side, new functionality leads to increased speed and enhanced convenience of the trading system. Moreover, the support for a new operating system platform, Solaris on X86, may generate synergies for our customers.
  
  The new innovative matcher improvement concept will differentiate to a greater degree between non-persistent and persistent orders, thus reducing the processing time of non-persistent orders and quotes drastically.
  
  While the processing time of non-persistent orders and quotes will be significantly reduced the processing of persistent orders will become slower. Consequently, unreliable order information of non-persistent orders or quotes contains only preliminary information about the execution status of the non-persistent order or quote. This information must be confirmed by a reliable and recoverable event notification. more