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11 Jul 2014

Eurex

Introduction of Variance Futures on the EURO STOXX 50® Index

The Management Board of Eurex Deutschland and the Executive Board of Eurex Zürich AG decided to introduce Variance Futures contracts on the EURO STOXX 50® Index effective 22 September 2014.

This circular contains information on the following topics:

Introduction date, contract specifications, trading hours, risk parameters and preparations necessary for start of trading.

Information related to clearing of the new products, utilization of the Eurex Trade Entry Services, transaction fees and the amended sections of the relevant Rules and Regulations of Eurex Clearing AG is contained in Eurex Clearing circular 089/14 which we are providing to our Trading Participants as attachment 2.

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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.

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