Eurex launches new offensive to win FX futures business

The German exchange aims to take on CME to tap the growing interest in FX as an asset class

Ferscha: FX is the only major asset
class where Eurex has not
historically been represented

Frankfurt-based derivatives exchange Eurex last month unveiled plans to offer foreign exchange futures, a move that might come as a shock to US rival the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which has historically dominated the FX futures market. “FX is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, and it is the only major financial asset class where Eurex has not historically been represented,” says Eurex CEO Rudolf Ferscha.

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