1. Introduction
The Management Board of Eurex Deutschland and the Executive Board of Eurex Frankfurt AG took with effect from 9 December 2019 the decision to introduce options on:
- iShares EUR High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (IHYG LN)
- iShares Core EUR Corporate Bond ETF (IEAC LN)
It has already been communicated with Eurex circular 098/19.
2. Required actions
As previously announced with Eurex circular 098/19, participants interested in trading the options must ensure that they have the necessary set-up to clear the underlying ETF shares.
3. Details
3.1 Amendments to Contract Specifications
The main update to the Contract Specifications effective on the launch date of 7 December 2019, to those drafts originally incorporated in Eurex circular 098/19, are the following:
- Change of term for contract expiration dates
3.2 Change of term for contract expiration dates
For OHYG and OEAC options contracts are with terms up to the next, the second and the third succeeding expiration days as well as up to and including the next three succeeding quarterly expiration days (March, June, September, December) thereafter.
3.3 Fixed Income ETF Options
Products | Product ID |
iShares Core EUR Corporate Bond ETF | OEAC |
iShares EUR High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | OHYG |
Attachment:
Recipients: | All Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland and Vendors |
Target groups: | Front Office/Trading, Middle + Backoffice, |
Contact: | Sales: Vassily Pascalis, Tel: +44-20-78 62-72 11, vassily.pascalis@eurexchange.com FI PD: Samuel Price, Tel: +44 (0)207 8 62-73 47, samuel.price@eurexchange.com FI PD: Rex Jones, Tel: +49-69-211-1 78 06, rex.jones@eurexchange.com |
Authorized by: | Michael Peters |