DERIVATIVES CUSTODY
ANALYSIS: MICHAEL PETERS, EUREX
Deutsche Boerse-owned Eurex continues to dominate the European derivatives trading market and, as markets recover from the pandemic, the firm is looking to nascent businesses to grow its global presence. By Radi Khasawneh
Eurex plots global growth amid product push Michael Peters, who succeeded Thomas Book as chief executive officer of Eurex Frankfurt AG in July 2020, spoke to Global Investor about the key themes for the exchange as the new year takes shape.
Winter 2021/22
“As we look at the overall market landscape and trends for 2022, there is certainly a different dynamic developing,” Peters said. “2021 was very much driven by one theme and that was recovery from the pandemic. Along with
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that, we have seen a continuation of the theme of rising inflation and potentially increasing interest rates.” Consumer price measures of inflation started to rise at the end of last year across Europe and the UK, and
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