Corporate Profile

Eurex Bonds was conceived as an electronic communication network (ECN) and provides participants with an electronic platform for off-exchange, "wholesale" trading in European bonds. Also, by having networked the Eurex Bonds ® trading platform into the settlement system of Eurex Clearing AG, a direct link between spot and futures markets is available for the first time to enable electronic basis trading of bonds via a central order book. The necessary liquidity in the bond and basis trading markets is provided by market makers.
 
Eurex Bonds GmbH was founded in October 2000 as a joint initiative of Eurex Frankfurt AG and leading financial institutions. The organization is a private law joint venture with the purpose of establishing and operating an electronic platform for bond and basis trading in debt issues.
 
Shareholders
In addition to Eurex Frankfurt AG, the following financial institutions are the shareholders of Eurex Bonds GmbH:
 

• ABN Amro Bank N.V.
• Barclays Bank Plc
• Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank 
• BNP Paribas 
• Commerzbank AG
• Credit Suisse First Boston Zurich AG
• Deutsche Bank AG
• Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Fixed Income Ventures Inc.
• WestLB AG