Euronext.liffe is the derivatives arm of the pan-European stock exchange Euronext. Founded in January 2002, it is one of the world's largest futures and options exchanges. Euronext N.V. is a European stock exchange with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ...

History

It was formed in January 2002 from the takeover of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange by Euronext. The derivatives activities of the other constituant exchanges of Euronext (Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris), were merged into Euronext.liffe. Trading is done electronically through the LIFFE CONNECT platform. The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, known as LIFFE (pronounced life as in human life, and never liff-eee) is a derivatives exchange based in London. ...

Products

Euronext.liffe offers a wide range of futures and option products on short-term interest rates, bonds, swaps, equities and commodities. Volumes in 2004 were split as follows:

• Interest Rate: 313.3 million contracts
• Equities: 468.8 million contracts
• Commodities: 8.0 million contracts

In addition to this, it sells its technology to third parties. In January 2004, the Chicago Board of Trade started electronic trading using e-cbot, which is powered by LIFFE CONNECT. As a result, the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT), the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) and the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) use LIFFE CONNECT for their overnight trading. CBOT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Ottawa, Ontario. ...

Competitors

Euronext.liffe's main competitors are Eurex, the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Eurex is an European derivatives exchange market. ... CBOT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Ottawa, Ontario. ... President George W. Bush at the CME (March 6, 2001). ...