Capital Market Linkages: How to facilitate cross border trading - OIC

Eurex/ISE Link: Access to the USDeutsche Börse Group, 02 October 2010Eurex, the International Securities Exchange (ISE) and the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) provide atransatlantic trading and clearing link that enable Eurex customers to trade ISE options through their existingEurex membership.Eurex customers benefit from direct access to the world‟s largest equity options market while ISE membersbenefit from interaction with a new set of order flow providers who deepen the liquidity pool on the ISE.TradingMemberISEISE“matching““TradingLink“EurexClearing“sponsoredaccess“TradingMemberEUREX●●No need to become ISE member or toenter into a contractual relationship withOCC.Only signing of Order RoutingAgreement required to apply for tradingconnection to ISE.ClearingMemberOCCOCC“open interest“DTCC“Clearing“ClearingLink”Link”“SettlementLink”EurexClearing“trade andpositionmanagement“ClearingMemberECAG●●●Eurex Clearing AG acts as thesponsoring participant providing tradingaccess to the ISE.In its capacity as associatedclearinghouse, ECAG will clear andmaintain its members‟ positions at OCC.Eurex members can use their existingclearing relation. Amended ClearingAgreement needs to be signed to alsocover the Eurex/ISE LinkSEC RegulationBaFin / German/EU Regulation●Home market settlement at DTCC vialocal custodian.13