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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

The introduction of the Eurex’s Bund Options with weekly expiration allows investors to react more effectively to any unexpected market events, said Paris-based Nicolas von Kageneck, a Paris-based executive of Eurex Exchange. Von Kageneck made the statement during the latest Opalesque 2016 France Roundtable.

Von Kageneck said, "We regularly introduce a number of new products which are linked to our existing products. If you look for example at our Bund Options, we have recently launched weekly expiries. With such high gamma options, you can react more effectively to any unexpected market events. The same holds with the launch of a Mini-DAX future, where Eurex offers an instrument also suited for trading retailers and is expected to become a viable alternative to CFDs."

He added that Eurex looks at equity index products from the OTC space such as Total Return Swaps which potentially have the profile to become ETDs (exchange traded derivatives). Banks as well as asset managers clearly see the advantage to trade standardized, fungible products and face a CCP (central counterparty clearing house) which reduces counterparty risk.

Eurex has also expanded its range of dividend products: "Concerning our index dividend products, some of our clients asked us for quarterly expiratio......................

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