A bright day for the Dutch football this weekend during the annual Financial Football Tournament. After Eurex (2013) and EEX (2012) it was finally online broker Lynx keeping the title in The Netherlands for a year. As usual, the final was a close call. The game between Eurex Frankfurt and Lynx was undecided after regularRead more
In the nineties, the trading in futures on the Bund was mainly concentrated in London open outcry pit of LIFFE. Suddenly, the Deutsche Terminbörse appeared with an electronic trading platform and almost overnight captured all market share in the bundfutures mid 1997. When this happened, Willem Meijer was in the fixed income business. Now Meijer is leadingRead more
A kind of meta story. The stock Euronext has been listed on the exchange Euronext for a few weeks now. On August 28th there will be options introduced on the stocks Euronext, on the Euronext derivative market. (AN14-011) Euronext options (code : ENX) will be a part of the new “spotlight” segment. Currently there areRead more
Surprising news last Friday. Cees Vermaas suddenly announced to leave Euronext – with immediate effect. The CEO of Euronext Amsterdam didn’t give a reason for his departure, nor did the exchange. In general, a reason to be suspicious. Apparently the man is moving to competitor CME – as the new head of the European branch. CRead more
It’s going downhill at Euronext. In a press release, the exchange announced to introduce weekly index futures in the fourth quarter of this year. That’s the most silly idea I’ve heard in a while. In the AEX, there have been weekly options for a long time. A big succes, decent volumes (although most of itRead more
