Eurex Exchange
Eurex Exchange is an international exchange which primarily offers trading in European based derivatives. It is the largest European futures and options market. The products traded on this exchange vary from German and Swiss debt instruments to European stocks and various stock indexes. All transactions executed on Eurex Exchange are cleared through Eurex Clearing, which functions as a central counterparty (CCP) for multi-asset class clearing of the above-mentioned exchange-traded product range as well as over-the-counter traded products.
| Type | Derivatives exchange |
|---|---|
| Location | Eschborn, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Owner | Deutsche Börse AG |
| Key people | Members of the Board: Michael Peters (CEO), Wolfgang Eholzer, Randolf Roth, Jonas Ullmann |
| Website | www |
According to the 2015 Futures Industry Association’s annual survey, Eurex Exchange is ranked as the world's third-largest derivatives exchange by contract volume. The Exchange is headquartered in Eschborn, Germany, near Frankfurt am Main, and it is operated by Eurex Frankfurt AG and Eurex Zürich AG, which are public companies wholly owned by the German stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse AG.