This Wednesday there was a decision in the Court of The Hague in the never-ending story of lawsuits of Euronext against TOM. It’s a long read, but if it’s your thing you can find the (Dutch) ruling here. Very confusing. Both exchanges claimed victory. To me it seems like a draw. To cut a long storyRead more
This is a guest post by Cornelius Müller, who works for Eurex / Deutsche Börse. It appeared first on brokerdealer.nl. This isn’t an academic paper, as you may expect the author is a supporter of a certain derivatives exchange. Still, he has valid points, nice charts and a great overview of the European option competition between exchanges.Read more
Breaking news. Yesterday‘s move by Euronext of introducing a fee cap for AEX index options turns out to be a joint operation with DeGiro. Today the discount broker will announce a new fee schedule for AEX index options. Euronext and DeGiro are going for the big fish. The heavy retail traders in index options. €0,20Read more
The greatest joy of competition for customers is a drop in prices. It has taken a while, but finally we’re getting somewhere. Euronext announced today a fee rebate program for AEX index options (daily, weekly and monthly options). The fee for index options above a certain threshold will be lowered with 100%. No more expenses onRead more
The old exchange Euronext has been releasing monthly turnover statistics every month. This year the number of transactions in the equity market has seen a sharp rise compared with first quarter of 2014. Euronext reported a rise of 29% in traded value. It’s a bull market, so the same number of shares traded represent aRead more
