Euronext launches single stock dividend futures

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New derivatives products that allow investors to take position on dividend payments

Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris – 16 December 2014– Euronext, the leading exchange in the Eurozone, today announced the launch of a range of Single Stock Dividend Futures on the most liquid stocks listed on its Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris markets. The new dividend futures contracts will be available for trading in Q1 2015, starting with CAC 40® Index components. Euronext’s Single Stock Dividend Futures will offer investors additional dividend trading potential and will enable them to benefit from efficient pricing. The new products complement Euronext’s already existing dividend index offering made of the CAC 40® and AEX®Dividend Index Futures. 

Dividends are a key component for equity and equity derivatives holders and dividend futures are mostly used as a hedging tool. However, dividends are also becoming an asset class of their own offering strong diversification opportunities to investors. Jad Comair, Founder and CIO of Melanion Capital, a leading asset manager specialized in dividend investments, strongly believes in the dividend futures potential. According to him, “One day, investors will be able to trade dividend futures on every listed equity in the world.”

David Lenfant, co-founder of Laffitte Capital, an asset manager focused on absolute return UCITS funds, also welcomes this new launch, “In today’s markets our clients are in the search of yield. Euronext dividend derivatives offer our portfolio managers a wider range of investment opportunities on this innovative asset class.”

The launch of the Single Stock Dividend Futures is supported by liquidity providers such as BNP Paribas and Societe Generale. Adil El Batji, Head of Delta 1 Europe at BNP Paribas, said, “Euronext's new derivatives offering will provide additional choice for dividend investments.” Massimiliano Pignatelli, Head of EquityForward Flow at Societe Generale, added, “We are pleased to be associated as market maker to Euronext’s initiative to enter the single stock dividend futures space.

Adam Rose, Head of Financial Derivatives at Euronext, said, “This is another great example of several new growth initiatives we are rolling out across the Euronext equity derivatives sector, to broaden the range of products we offer to our diverse client base. We are pleased to be able to launch these new dividend futures with such widespread client support.

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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 nearly 1,900 listed issuers and around €6.6 trillion in market capitalisation as of end 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.  
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