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Forge Global Holdings, Inc., a leading private securities marketplace, announced today its international expansion together with its strategic partner Deutsche Börse.

As of 17 October, Eurex will offer market participants the opportunity to hedge the euro-denominated high-yield corporate bond market in Europe.

Total traded derivatives contracts at Eurex grew by 22 percent in August, from 101.4 million to 123.6 million compared to the same month last year.

Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced changes to the DAX index family.

Deutsche Börse’s cash markets generated a turnover of €99.23 billion in August (previous year: €110.64 billion).

Marc Peter Klein will join Deutsche Börse as Managing Director Group Compliance on 1 January 2023.

Net income of the top 20 European banks fell by only 9% from the prior-year level which had been the strongest since the financial crisis – a consequence of loan loss provisions rising by 40%, but from record lows, due to the clouded outlook.

Eurex will start trading new FX Futures contracts covering Brazilian Real (BRL), Mexican Pesos (MXN) and South African Rand (ZAR) on 10 October 2022.

Assuming structurally high inflation, given an average annual repayment rate of 2.3%, real repayment is more significant than nominal repayment for many borrowers.