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1. Introduction
Due to the recent U.S. government shutdown and the resulting impact on the operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Management Board of Eurex Deutschland had to suspend the previously announced introduction of “Systematic Quantitative Index Strategies (QIS) Futures”. Now that situation is resolved the resulting suspension can be lifted and hence the following applies:
The Management Board of Eurex Deutschland has taken the following decisions effective from 1 December 2025:
Admission to trading of three index futures contracts based on Systematic QIS indices as detailed below:
The amendment of the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts at Eurex Deutschland is outlined in Attachments 1 and 2.
More details about the background of the offering and envisaged handling of Systematic QIS index Futures are included in Eurex Circular 085/25.
Production start: 1 December 2025
This circular contains all information on the trading-related updates as stated above and the updated sections of the relevant Rules and Regulations of Eurex Deutschland.
2. Required action
Participants are recommended to completely analyze the potential impact in their internal systems and procedures of the above changes.
Any Participants interested in the Systematic QIS offering, including submitting requests to launch Eurex Index futures on eligible indices, should contact Eurex (see below) for additional information.
3. Product and Vendor Codes
Futures on | Index ID | Eurex ID | Bloomberg Ticker | Refinitiv Chain |
SGI Fundamental Quality European Index | SGEPFQBE | QQBE | QQBA Index | 0#QQBE: |
SGI Value European Index | SGEPVLBE | QVBE | QVBA Index | 0#QVBE: |
Solactive Make EU Great Again Index | SOLAMEGA | QMEG | QMEA Index | 0#QMEG: |
More details about the background of the offering and details contract specifications in the related Eurex Circular 085/25.
Attachments:
Further information
Recipients: | All Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland and Vendors | |
Target groups: | Front Office/Trading, Middle + Backoffice, IT/System Administration, Auditing/Security Coordination | |
Contact: | Stuart Heath, Equity & Index Product Design, tel. +44-207-862-72 53, stuart.heath@eurex.com; Elena Marchidann, Equity & Index Product Design, tel. +44-207-862-72 65, elena.marchidann@eurex.com | |
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Authorized by: | Matthias Graulich |
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