Principal Sponsor

BNP Paribas (rated AA/Aa2) is the second largest bank in the Eurozone and among the top ten worldwide by total net assets. BNP Paribas Equities & Derivatives offers a full range of equity and fund-linked products that can be customised to address the various needs of financial institutions and hedge funds as well as corporate and retail clients. BNP Paribas is a market leader with some of the largest trading positions and market shares worldwide, owing to its innovation capability and its outstanding service. As part of BNP Paribas Equities & Derivatives team, BNP Paribas Global Execution Services offers a state-of-the-art execution platform and is led by an experienced team with an in-depth knowledge of worldwide markets. Coupled with renowned technical expertise, Global Execution Services provides a comprehensive derivatives execution environment to all key markets in the region.

 

Sponsors

The Warsaw Stock Exchange is an order-driven market with screen-based trading. Futures and options are traded continuously with market makers supporting liquidity.

Among 43 WSE members there are 17 foreign remote members.

Quotes from the WSE are available in real-time from Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Times Interactive Data, Telekurs, Thomson Financial, Fides, FinInfo, Infotec, Factset, Proquote, GL Trade and CQG.

Currently the WSE-listed derivatives include:

• futures contracts (on indices, currencies, stocks and Treasury bonds),
  
• index  options,
  
• index participation units.

Trading volume for all WSE-listed derivatives in 2007 (Jan-Aug) totalled 6.06 million contracts (90 % of the2006 turnover). 

In October 2006 the WSE introduced block trades for derivatives. Recently we have:

• unified multiplier for stock futures (100 shares),
• extended the expiry for WIG20 index futures and options for 12 months.

Any questions ? Please contact :derivatives@wse.com.pl
Please see: www.wse.com.pl or www.derivatives.wse.com.pl