ADV of almost 25,000 for our EURO STOXX 50® Index Dividend Future is up 27 percent year-to-date, options volumes are also higher on significant ADV growth to almost 9,000 contracts up 71 percent year-to-date. 

The current political situation in Italy keeps the markets busy. Lee Bartholomew, Head of Fixed Income & FX Product Research and Development at Eurex, discusses recent developments in Eurex’ interest rate markets.

Volumes have increased exponentially: it took 5.5 years for the first EUR 1 trillion (Nov 2011 to Mar 2017), just over a year for the next EUR 6 trillion and less than 3 weeks for the last EUR 1 trillion. 

We talked to Sylvain Broyer, Head of Economics at Natixis, about the current economic and political situation in Europe, the likelihood of another financial crisis and other key issues.