2024 Sponsors 

Platinum Sponsor

Euronext

Euronext is the leading pan-European market infrastructure, connecting European economies to global capital markets, to accelerate innovation and sustainable growth. It operates regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. With more than 1,900 listed issuers and around €6.6 trillion in market capitalisation as of end of December 2023, it has an unmatched blue-chip franchise and a strong diverse domestic and international client base. Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets and is the largest centre for debt and funds listings in the world. Its total product offering includes Equities, FX, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. The Group provides a multi-asset clearing house through Euronext Clearing, and custody and settlement services through Euronext Securities central securities depositories in Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. In addition to its main regulated market, it also operates a number of junior markets, simplifying access to listing for SMEs.

For the latest news, go to euronext.com or follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/euronext) and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/euronext).

Gold Sponsor

AMD

Financial services institutions (FSIs) require high-performance computing solutions to facilitate faster trading and transactions, expedite access to market intelligence and data-driven insights, and enhance overall customer experiences—all while minimizing TCO, streamlining system management, and maintaining robust security.

Low-latency solutions are critical for high-frequency electronic trading, exchanges, and complex trading simulations. Latency needs vary depending on the type of electronic trading. The AMD networking product portfolio addresses various trading categories with a range of solutions purpose-built for financial services. AMD addresses various trading categories with a range of server and network solutions.

AMD Solarflare™ Ethernet adapters, featuring the Onload™ family of kernel bypass software, deliver exceptional performance and low latencies optimized for electronic trading.

Shanghai Futures Exchange

Currently there are 20 futures contracts and 6 commodity options available for trading on SHFE, including the futures on copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel, tin, gold, silver, steel rebar, steel wire rod, hot rolled coil, fuel oil, crude oil, bitumen, natural rubber, woodpulp, TSR 20, stainless steel, LSFO and bonded copper, and also copper option, natural rubber option , gold option, aluminum option, zinc option and crude oil option. SHFE Business Services Co.,Ltd Co., Ltd., Shanghai Futures Information Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Futures and Derivatives Research Institute and Shanghai International Energy Exchange are the subsidiaries of SHFE.

Until present, SHFE has 201 Members.

Among the listed products of SHFE, the copper futures have ranked among world’s 3 most influential copper futures market, and also formed a complete nonferrous metals product range together with aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel and tin futures to satisfy the needs of physical industries pretty well. Natural rubber futures have gradually consolidated its authority status in pricing, with abundant achievements through “Insurance+ Futures” Targeted Poverty Alleviation Project. Gold and silver futures have promoted the healthy development of precious metal market system, and also enriched the participating structure and functions of futures market. Thanks to the ferrous metal futures such as steel rebar, steel wire rod and hot rolled coil, the steel pricing mechanism has been further optimized, contributing to the heathy and orderly growth of China’s steel industry as well as the promotion of international influence of China’s steel prices. As for fuel oil and bitumen futures, they have accelerated the exploration in energy futures products, and enhanced the market influence of China’s petroleum products. Moreover, the bonded delivery and continuous trading created by SHFE have laid a foundation for the opening-up and globalization of futures market, and also facilitated the real-time risk management of investors by promoting the prompt interaction between domestic and overseas prices of relevant products. And the Exchange will better serve the real economy through the construction of SHFE standard warrant trading platform.

In addition, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (“INE”), a subsidiary of SHFE, is working on the construction of a crude oil futures market in a bid to serve the national energy strategy and make contribution to the promotion of the opening-up and globalization of China’s futures market.

Silver Sponsor

ABN AMRO

For more information, please visit: https://www.abnamro.com/clearing/en/home

B3

B3 is one of the world’s largest financial market infrastructure companies, providing trading services in an exchange and OTC environment. With a strong focus on innovation in both products and technology, B3 prides itself on its client centric approach and holds a prominent position in the global financial markets.

BME

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), a SIX Group company, is the operator of all securities markets and financial systems in Spain. Since its inception, the Group has been a benchmark in the sector in terms of solvency, efficiency, and profitability. BME offers a wide range of products, services and trading systems based on stable and advanced proprietary technology. It also provides access to global markets for issuers, intermediaries, and investors in Spain and internationally, with clients in Europe, America and Africa. It offers the following products and services: Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, Clearing and Settlement and Market Data and Value-Added Services.

MEFF is BME’s Derivatives Exchange and since 2020 part of Switzerland's SIX Group.

MEFF: Your Reference Market for Spanish Underlyings

MEFF – as the reference Exchange for stock options on Spanish underlyings – has a long tradition of financial culture and best practice, constantly investing in innovation and development. MEFF has been the Spanish market for derivative products since 1989 and is widely recognized both, nationally and internationally, for being one of the main European derivatives markets.

· MEFF is the reference market for single stock options for Spanish underlyings.

· MEFF has an international profile of market participants where most of the activities come from non-resident members.

· MEFF is constantly looking for excellence in the quality of its services and is driving innovation in their markets and services.

MEFF offers two segments

· Financial Derivatives (Futures and Options on IBEX 35 and single stocks, Dividend Index Futures, Stock Dividend Futures and xRolling FX)   

· Electricity Derivatives (Spanish electricity)

Relevant Asset Classes Traded on MEFF

Financial Derivatives:   

· Index: Futures and Options (European style)   

· Stocks: Futures (cash & physical delivery) and Options (American & European style)   

· Forex: xRolling® FX perpetual Future contract with extended market hours (from 00:00 to 23:00)   

· Flex contracts for both Futures and Options on Index and Single Stock.

Electricity Derivatives:   

· Spanish electricity Swaps and Futures

Trading in the US

MEFF´s index derivatives have the necessary CFTC certification for trading by US investors. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grupo-bme/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrupoBME

Cboe

Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX) is a pan-European derivatives marketplace which enables participants to access a vibrant market for index derivatives and single-stock options through a single access point, creating efficiencies in trading and clearing. CEDX’s products are cleared by Cboe Clear Europe, one of the leading pan-European clearing houses. The exchange’s mission is to build a modern pan-European marketplace designed to grow the European equity derivatives market and create new opportunities and efficiencies for market participants.

Eurex

Eurex stands for the leading European derivatives exchange and – with Eurex Clearing – one of the leading central counterparties globally. We are the architect of market liquidity, efficiency and integrity by providing our customers with innovative solutions to seamlessly manage risk.

On the trading side, we mastermind the most efficient derivatives landscape by pioneering ingenious products and infrastructures as well as by building ‘smart’ into technology – offering a broad range of international benchmark products, operating the most liquid fixed income markets in the world and featuring open and low-cost electronic access.​

As central counterparty, Eurex Clearing builds trusted relationships with and amongst market participants, paving their way for efficient risk management via unique clearing models.

LSEG Data & Analytics

LSEG Data & Analytics is one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure. With over 40,000 customers and 400,000 end users across approximately 190 markets, we are an essential partner to the financial community and redefining the future of data in financial services. We enable customers to draw crucial insights through data, feeds, analytics and workflow solutions.

Powering your business with best in class global market data and feeds. Open, cloud-collaborative and underpinned by market-leading distribution and management technology, our data can meet your needs, whatever they may be.

Nasdaq

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a global technology company serving the capital markets and other industries. Our diverse offering of data, analytics, software and services enables clients to optimize and execute their business vision with confidence. To learn more about the company, technology solutions and career opportunities, visit us on LinkedIn, on Twitter @Nasdaq, or at www.nasdaq.com.

STOXX

STOXX® and DAX® indices comprise a global and comprehensive family of more than 17,000 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices EURO STOXX 50®, STOXX® Europe 600 and DAX®, the portfolio of index solutions consists of total market, benchmark, blue-chip, sustainability, thematic and factor-based indices covering a complete set of world, regional and country markets.

STOXX and DAX indices are licensed to more than 550 companies around the world for benchmarking purposes and as underlyings for ETFs, futures and options, structured products, and passively managed investment funds.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, is the administrator of the STOXX and DAX indices under the European Benchmark Regulation. ISS STOXX, which is majority owned by Deutsche Börse Group, is comprised of more than 3,400 professionals operating across 33 global locations in 19 countries.

TMX

About TMX Group

TMX Group operates global markets, and builds digital communities and analytic solutions that facilitate the funding, growth and success of businesses, traders and investors. TMX Group's key operations include Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, TMX Trayport and TMX VettaFi, which provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, technology solutions, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across North America (Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and New York), and international markets including London, Singapore and Vienna.

About Montréal Exchange

Montréal Exchange (MX) is Canada’s derivatives exchange, owned and operated by TMX Group, offering retail and institutional investors futures and options products across major asset classes, including interest rates, equities, FX, Canadian stock indices and repos, as well as clearing services. MX serves an important function in Canada’s financial markets delivering market innovations, frictionless trading and diversification opportunities to global investors, almost 24 hours a day. MX provides participants choice and flexibility to meet the unique demands of traders and investors from around the world and constantly innovates to ensure that MX derivatives offerings meet the needs of tomorrow’s global investor.

Bronze Sponsor

CME Group

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals.  The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex^® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform.  In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. 

Cumulus9

Cumulus9 is a cloud-native service provider focused on elevating transparency and predictability in derivatives margin methodologies. The firm serves market participants challenged by intricate margin models and complex risk exposures. Leveraging a modern and intuitive approach to risk analytics, Cumulus9 is committed to empowering clients with superior insights, equipping them to proficiently navigate market risks, enhance operational resilience, foresee and prepare for potential stress events, and manage their capital in the rapidly evolving derivatives markets, more efficiently.

Exberry

Exberry is an independent technology vendor specialising in cutting-edge trading technologies for exchanges. We offer a comprehensive suite of solutions and services to power robust and efficient exchange infrastructures. Our agnostic approach allows our technologies to be adaptable to any market environment, whether in the cloud, bare metal, or on-premises.

ICE

ICE is a Fortune 500 company that designs, builds and operates digital networks to connect people to opportunity. We provide financial technology and data services across major asset classes that offer our customers access to mission-critical workflow tools that increase transparency and operational efficiencies. We operate exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange, and clearing houses that help people invest, raise capital and manage risk across multiple asset classes. Our comprehensive fixed income data services and execution capabilities provide information, analytics and platforms that help our customers capitalize on opportunities and operate more efficiently.

Societe Generale

Societe Generale is a top tier European Bank with 117,000 employees serving 25 million clients in more than 60 countries across the world. We have been supporting the development of our economies for nearly 160 years, providing our corporate, institutional, and individual clients with a wide array of value-added advisory and financial solutions. Our long-lasting and trusted relationships with the clients, our cutting-edge expertise, our unique innovation, our ESG capabilities and leading franchises are part of our DNA and serve our most essential objective - to deliver sustainable value creation for all our stakeholders.

The Group runs three complementary sets of businesses, embedding ESG offerings for all its clients:

▪ French Retail Banking, with leading retail bank SG and insurance franchise, premium private banking services, and the leading digital Bank Boursorama.

▪ Global Banking and Investor Solutions, a top tier wholesale bank offering tailored-made solutions with distinctive global leadership in Equity Derivatives, Structured Finance and ESG.

▪ International Retail, Mobility & Leasing Services, comprising well-established universal banks (in Czech Republic, Romania and several African countries), and ALD / LeasePlan, a global player in sustainable mobility.

Committed to building together with its clients a better and sustainable future, Societe Generale aims to be a leading partner in the environmental transition and sustainability overall. The Group is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Refinitiv Diversity and Inclusion Index, Euronext Vigeo (Europe and Eurozone), STOXX Global ESG Leaders indexes, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index (World and Europe).

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For more information, you can follow us on Twitter @societegenerale or visit our website societegenerale.com               

Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW)

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (“GPW”), established in 1991, is the largest equities, derivatives, commodities and agriculture trading and listing venues in the Central and Eastern Europe region. Warsaw’s CEE hub status makes GPW a place where both large and small companies from less mature CEE markets can attract capital via listings.

GPW Group operates trading platforms for shares, Treasury and corporate bonds, ETPs, derivatives, structured products, electricity and gas, as well as provides indices and interest rate benchmarks. The Group offers its proprietary tech solutions, market data and post-trade services. Since 2018, GPW is classified as one of the 25 developed markets by the FTSE Russell.

Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/warsaw-stock-exchange/ 

Supporting Associations

The Dutch Trade Association of Proprietary Traders (APT)

The Dutch Trade Association of Proprietary Traders (APT) represents the proprietary trading community in the Netherlands. APT members provide continuous liquidity to capital markets, enabling investors to trade in financial instruments at fair prices.

European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH)

The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) represents the interests of Central Counterparties (CCPs) in Europe since 1992. CCPs are financial market infrastructures that significantly contribute to safer, more efficient and transparent global financial markets. EACH currently has 18 members from 14 different European countries.

FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA)

The European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) represents Europe’s leading Principal Trading Firms. Our members are independent market makers and providers of liquidity and risk transfer for markets and end-investors across Europe, providing liquidity in all centrally cleared asset classes including shares, bonds, listed derivatives and ETFs. FIA EPTA works constructively with policymakers, regulators and other market stakeholders to ensure efficient, resilient and trusted financial markets in Europe. More information about FIA EPTA and independent market makers is available on:  www.fia.org/epta and www.wearemarketmakers.com

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William Browne
Head of Event Sales
FOW

william.browne@derivia.com

Federico Mancini
Sales Manager
FOW

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