"We are continuing our successful strategic alliance knowing that together we can further reinforce our position as the world's most successful derivatives exchange in an international competitive environment," Deutsche Börse and SWX Swiss Exchange said.
Eurex was created in 1998 from the merger of the Swiss Futures and Options Exchange SOFFEX and DTB Deutsche Terminbörse and is now the leading marketplace worldwide for trading and clearing of derivatives transactions. The euro fixed-income products are the most liquid portfolio of capital market products worldwide. With a market share of more than 70 percent, Eurex is the leading market for European index derivatives. In 2002 Eurex also became the leading equity options exchange. Market participants from 650 locations around the world are currently connected to Eurex; Eurex thus has the largest participant network in the world.