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Eurex Repo Readiness Newsflash | F7 Simulation Release 4.2 on 30 September 2024 – FIX Upgrade + Mandatory API Upgrade

Eurex Repo Readiness Newsflash | F7 Simulation Release 4.2 on 30 September 2024 – FIX Upgrade + Mandatory API Upgrade 

Dear Participants,

Due to external circumstances, the introduction for F7 Release 4.2 in simulation will start earlier on 2 October 2024 (previously planned for 7 October 2024).

The Eurex Repo F7 simulation environment will be updated to F7 Release 4.2 on Monday, 30 September 2024 after end of day.

Eurex Repo will conduct internal tests on 1 October 2024 and the F7 Release 4.2 Simulation period will commence starting Wednesday, 2 October 2024. With the start of the business day on Wednesday, 2 October 2024, the software version for Repo F7 Simulation will be 004.240.000.

API clients need to update the version number to “4.2”. As of F7 Release 4.2, the only acceptable version number is 4.2.

F7 Release 4.2 includes GUI enhancements, a mandatory F7 API change and an F7 FIX Gateway upgrade with the following changes:

Core enhancements

  • Repo Asset Managers
  • Disclosed quotes by Buy-Side
  • Identifying Break Term trades

F7 GUI-specific enhancements

  • Repo Asset Managers
  • Disclosed quotes by Buy-Side
  • Position Board to accept Name
  • Identifying Break Term trades

F7 API-specific enhancements 

  • Repo Asset Managers
  • Disclosed quotes by Buy-Side
  • Identifying Break Term trades

F7 FIX Gateway-specific enhancements 

  • Repo Asset Managers
  • Disclosed quotes by Buy-Side
  • Identifying Break Term trades
  • Smaller changes

F7 MTX-specific enhancements

  • Repo Asset Managers
  • Disclosed quotes by Buy-Side
  • Identifying Break Term trades

F7 GUI users are strongly recommended to clear the browser cache after the Release introduction to ensure that the newly introduced GUI functionalities behave correctly. 


Details on the various enhancements and features are described in the “F7 4.2 Release Notes" which has been published in the Member Section under the following path: Resources > Eurex Repo > System Documentation > Release 4.2 > Overview and Functionality. 

The following documents are also available under the above-mentioned path:

  • Eurex Repo F7 4.2 Release Notes
  • Eurex Repo F7 GUI – User Manual, Release 4.2
  • Eurex Repo F7 FIX Gateway Overview, Manual, Examples and FIX44.XML
  • Eurex Repo F7 FIX Manual, Examples and XSDs
  • Eurex Repo F7 MTX User Manual
  • Eurex Repo Common Report Engine (User Guide, Download Eligible Securities)


Please note: While the F7 Simulation system is already on F7 Release 4.2, the F7 Advanced Simulation remains on the same software version as the F7 Production system: F7 Release 4.1.

Best regards,

Your Client Services Team

Recipients:

All Trading Participants of Eurex Repo and Eurex Repo Vendors

Target groups:

Front Office/Trading, IT/System Administration

Contact:

repo.sales@eurex.com

Web:

www.eurex.com


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