OREANDA-NEWS. Moscow Exchange and Eurex, the derivatives arm of Deutsche Borse Group, announced today that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the trading of foreign exchange (FX) derivatives. Through this new element of the partnership between Deutsche Borse and Moscow Exchange, Eurex Exchange will launch Euro/Russian Rouble and U.S. Dollar/Russian Rouble FX futures on its trading system in Q4 2013.

Alexander Afanasiev, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, and Andreas Preuss, Deputy CEO of Deutsche Borse and CEO of Eurex, signed a cooperation agreement for the new derivatives products in Frankfurt/Main today. Both partners will also jointly promote the launch of these two FX futures.

“We continue to deepen our partnership with Deutsche Borse, and are working together closely to provide our market participants with new instruments. Today we agreed to launch Rouble FX futures in Frankfurt. This opens up exciting new trading and hedging opportunities for investors. Also, this autumn, Moscow Exchange will launch futures on five German blue chip stocks. Cross-listing arrangements between Deutsche Borse Group and Moscow Exchange allow our clients to build new trading strategies and better manage their risks. We believe that our joint initiatives with Deutsche Borse will strengthen national markets and facilitate the continued development of Frankfurt and Moscow as financial centers”, said Moscow Exchange CEO Alexander Afanasiev.

“We are very pleased to have reached the next milestone of our partnership. This new cooperation fits perfectly into our goal to constantly expand our product offering as it will complement our planned FX product suite”, said Andreas Preuss, Deputy CEO of Deutsche Borse and CEO of Eurex.

Eurex will launch FX futures and options for six currency pairs on 7 October 2013. According to today”s agreement, Eurex”s product suite will be complemented with cash-settled futures for both Euro/Russian Rouble and U.S. Dollar/Russian Rouble currency pairs in Q4 2013. Upon expiry, Eurex”s Rouble futures will be settled using settlement prices provided by Moscow Exchange. This procedure is intended to reinforce the integrity of the futures contracts and provide investors with confidence that the settlement price is both fair and accurate.

In Q2 2013, the average daily volume for both products on the Moscow Exchange amounted to over 2 million contracts with a notional value of US\\$2.1 bn. In 2012, U.S. Dollar/Russian Rouble futures were the third most popular foreign exchange futures contract globally among traded currency futures, according to the Futures Industry Association.