I D EM. The Italian Derivatives Market

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1 I D EM The Italian Derivatives Market Borsa Italiana Piazza degli Affari, Milan - Tel Fax infoder@borsaitaliana.it

2 Borsa Italiana Group Borsa Italiana Group organises and manages stock, derivative, fund and bond markets as well as post trading activities in Italy. Borsa Italiana's primary objectives are to ensure the development of its markets, maximising their liquidity, transparency and competitiveness and to pursue high levels of efficiency and profitability. Structure of the borsa italiana group Shareholders: Italian and international financial Institutions, listed companies. BIT SYSTEMS CASSA DI COMPENSAZIONE E GARANZIA MONTE TITOLI PIAZZA AFFARI GESTIONE E SERVIZI Information Technology Services Clearing House (Derivatives) Central Counterparty (Equity) Central depository and Settlement Facility and Property Management Borsa italiana s market system Borsa Italiana Group 3 EQUITY DERIVATIVES OTHER INSTRUMENTS IDEM Trading Clearing Technology Membership Contacts MTA NUOVO MERCATO* Equities: shares convertible bonds warrants rights MERCATO EXPANDI** * High growth companies ** Smaller companies IDEM Equity derivatives: index futures index options single stock options single stock futures MTF Funds: ETF (Exchange Traded Funds) Closed-end funds Open-end index funds MOT - EUROMOT Fixed-income securities: government securities corporate bonds eurobonds ABS (Asset Backed Securities) SEDEX Covered Warrants and Certificates: shares government securities currencies indices commodities 3

3 IDEM IDEM History November 1994: launch of IDEM market. Trading began with the introduction of the MIB30 futures contract November 1995: launch of the MIB30 option contract February 1996: launch of 5 stock options contracts Now 39 stock options are available on the IDEM March 1998: launch of the Midex futures contract July 2000: launch of MiniFIB, the mini-futures contract on the MIB30 index targeted to retail investors (product size 1/5 of the MIB30 futures April 2002: launch of the new trading platform OM click July 2002: launch of the IDEM Stock Futures contracts, futures on individual shares of the Italian market March 2004: launch of the new S&P/MIB Derivatives which will substitute MIB30 Derivatives from September 2004 Products listed on IDEM Index products INDEX PRODUCTS S&P/MIB Index Futures MiniS&P/MIB S&P/MIB Index Options EQUITY PRODUCTS Stock Futures on 19 Italian Stocks Stock Options on 39 Italian Stocks The S&P/MIB index is the new benchmark for the Italian market. It measures the performance of 40 stocks listed on the markets organised by Borsa Italiana. It is the only Italian equity index that relies on Standard & Poor s world-renowned approach to index construction. It features free-float adjustment, high liquidity and broad representation of market performance based on the leading companies in the leading industries. Options, futures and minifutures on this new index have been introduced in March IDEM PRODUCTS The IDEM market is among the top European derivatives exchanges and trades around 76,000 contracts daily, corresponding to around 3 bn. In 2004 the open interest has reached a new record of over 2 ml. contracts. This growth has been supported by intense activity of Italian private investors and the higher involvement of the international clients. Single stocks products Stock futures and stock options listed on the IDEM are listed on the most liquid stocks traded on the Italian cash market: they represent around 80% of the overall market capitalisation and 90% of the total daily turnover. Being present in the main European indices, the IDEM stock options and futures represent a good opportunity to complete pan european portfolio strategies. Single stock derivatives are the highest growing products of the IDEM. This segment grew by above 30% in terms of daily trading volumes in 2004 vs Index Futures Index Options Stock Options Stock Futures Mini Index Futures

4 Trading Clearing The Central Order Book Trading takes place within a single phase of continuous trading between 9.00 a.m. and 5.40 p.m. The IDEM is an order-driven market where transactions are anonymous. During continuous trading the execution of contracts occurs, for the quantities available, by automatic matching of proposals from opposite sides present in the market book. Confirmation of all trades is given automatically. The types of orders supported by the market are: market orders, limit orders, stop loss orders and combination orders. The IDEM market is guaranteed by a Central Counterparty (CCP) system which takes the counterparty risk starting from the conclusion of the contracts. The CCP service is carried out by the CC&G (Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia) which manages the clearing and guarantee function for the IDEM. The financial safeguarding system of CC&G is based on three levels of protection: Clearing Membership Margin system Additional resources Stop Loss Stop loss orders are activated when the market price is equal to or higher than the trigger price for buy orders and equal to or lower than the trigger price for sell orders. When entering stop-loss orders, authorised intermediaries can choose the market price to be compared with the trigger price from among: the last price, the best bid price, the best ask price and the arithmetic mean of the best bid and ask. It is also possible to enter stop limit orders. Market making Liquidity is supported by the presence of 17 market makers quoting continuously or responding to request for quotes. Market makers are granted a reduction in trading fees. They are also provided with a quicker market access and a mass quotation functionality, which allows market makers to send to the market up to 100 quotations simultaneously in just one transaction. Market makers activity has contributed to increase the depth of the IDEM order book, one of the most active in Europe in terms of on screen trading. Clearing Membership The admission as a member of the IDEM is subject to membership of the clearing system. It is possible to subscribe to CC&G as: Clearing Member (by becoming a counterparty to CC&G): Individual Clearing Member ICM or General Clearing Member GCM. Non Clearing Member NCM (without becoming a CC&G counterparty): Non Clearing Members must be members of the IDEM market and have to sign an agreement with a General Clearing Member. Intermediaries that intend to become a General Clearing Member must have a supervisory capital between 25 ml and 40 ml, depending on the number of Non-Clearing Members, and need to be a member of the Express II settlement system managed by Monte Titoli. The GCM can be a member of the settlement system either directly or indirectly through a settlement agent. Margin System CC&G uses the TIMS method (Theoretical Intermarket Margins System) developed by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). TIMS is an efficient, reliable and accurate system for calculating margins, which is capable of recognising the overall portfolio risk, allowing for offsetting the risk between closely correlated products, and also allowing for cross-margining between all the products in the portfolio. Trading Hours For all products: Market Maker Obligations: 9.00 a.m p.m a.m p.m. Default Fund All members have to contribute to the Default Fund in proportion to the initial margins of the previous month s activity. In the case of insolvency, CC&G covers the losses by using, in order: the initial margins of the insolvent party; the part of the Default Fund provided by the insolvent intermediary; 5ml of CC&G financial resources; the rest of the Default Fund. Technical infrastructure Clearing technical infrastructure is based on two platforms: the IDEM Clearing Workstation which allows the member to manage real time transactions and the basic version of Internet Clearing Workstation (ICWS) to download clearing reports and data files. International Give-up It is possible to transfer contracts at the same day and at the execution price with the full version of the ICWS. This functionality complies with the international give-up agreement standards. 6 7

5 Technology Membership The IDEM service is based on the OM Click electronic trading system, version 17.3 (one of the latest version available). The system architecture is based on: the central system, the communications subsystem, the peripheral infrastructure. The peripheral infrastructure is based on a client/server model which consists of: at least two Network Gateways at least one market trading workstation (OM Click Trade) one or more optional Clearing workstations one or more optional proprietary systems interconnected with the market via a public interface (OMnet API). For each primary member s site, as an integral part of the service Borsa Italiana provides the two 2-Mbps leased lines, 2 network gateways in backup configuration and the software of the OM Click Trade and Clearing applications that can be installed on proprietary personal computers. Central Systems Network Peripheral systems CLICK Trade Workstation Network Gateway Clearing House systems Clearing Workstation Network Gateway Deal capture & CDB subsystem Marketplace subsystem routers Exchange Network Info dissemination subsystem User Client Application User server Applications 2 Mbps line Central routers The number of international clients on the IDEM market has been constantly growing during the last four years. 83 members are now directly connected to the IDEM, of which 23 are international clients. There are also 7 international general clearing members Requirements Who can apply? Domestic and EU investment firms, banks and Locals can be admitted directly to trading, provided that they are authorised intermediaries pursuant to the Consolidated Law on Financial Intermediation. In case the applicant intends to provide investment services in Italy, it shall request its own regulator to lodge its passport with the Italian regulators (Consob and Banca d'italia). Borsa Italiana should be informed in case the applicant does not intend to provide investment services in Italy. All participants have to fulfil organisational, professional and technical requirements of Borsa Italiana. Besides, all members have to demonstrate their ability to clear their contracts, directly or through a GCM (Membership to clearing system within Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia, the Italian Clearing House). Access International clients Members have a direct access to the Italian markets. Non-Italian residents can access the market directly from their own country or through an Italian based branch. Indirect access to trading through interconnection is possible for customers of intermediaries admitted to trading and for organisational units of approved intermediaries, provided that they have an approved control system. IDEM architecture 8 9

6 Contacts Information on the Derivatives Market: Derivatives Market Borsa Italiana Piazza degli Affari , Milan Tel infoder@borsaitaliana.it Information on membership requirements and documentation: Membership Office Borsa Italiana Piazza degli Affari , Milan Tel membership@borsaitaliana.it Information on technical infrastructure: Client Services BIt Systems Piazza degli Affari , Milan Tel clients-services@borsaitaliana.it Information on Clearing: Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia Piazza del Popolo Rome Tel / membership@ccg.it June 2004 Gruppo Borsa Italiana - All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieve system without prior permission from the copyright owners. Trademarks Borsa Italiana, MIB30, MIBTEL, S&P/MIB, MIDEX, NUMEX, NUMTEL, NUMTES, MIBSTAR, Nuovo Mercato, Expandi, STAR, techstar, IDEM, SeDeX, EuroMOT, MOT, MTF, ITEX, BIt Club, Academy, Borsam@t and minifib are owned by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. Trademark BIt Systems is owned by BIt Systems S.p.A. Trademarks Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia and CC&G are owned by Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia S.p.A. Trademarks Monte Titoli and X-TRM are owned by Monte Titoli S.p.A. Trademarks Piazza Affari Gestione e Servizi and Palazzo Mezzanotte Congress and Training Centre are owned by Piazza Affari Gestione e Servizi S.p.A. Trademark S&P is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The above trademarks and any other trademark owned by the Borsa Italiana Group cannot be used without the previous written approval by the Company having the ownership of the same. The publication of this document does not represent solicitation, by Borsa Italiana S.p.A., of public saving and is not to be considered as suggestion by Borsa Italiana as to the suitability of the investment, if any, herein described. This document has not to be considered complete and it is meant for information and personal purposes only. Borsa Italiana accepts no liability raising, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, from inaccuracies and/or mistakes, for decisions and/or actions taken by any party based on this document. 10