Cboe Europe Derivatives Welcomes Interactive Brokers as New Trading Participant

• Interactive Brokers joins Cboe Europe Derivatives ("CEDX") and will provide its clients with access to the exchange's suite of pan-European equity derivatives in the current quarter
• The global electronic broker has become a direct trading participant of CEDX and clearing participant of Cboe Clear Europe N.V.
• CEDX recently expanded its range of equity options and now offers contracts on over 300 European companies

AMSTERDAM and LONDON, May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX), Cboe's pan-European equity derivatives marketplace, today announces that Interactive Brokers has successfully joined the exchange as a participant and will provide its clients with access to CEDX's range of equity index derivatives and equity options in the current quarter. Interactive Brokers has become a direct trading participant on CEDX and a direct clearing participant for equity derivatives on Cboe Clear Europe N.V., Cboe's leading pan-European clearing house and CEDX's clearing provider.

Iouri Saroukhanov, Head of European Derivatives, Cboe Europe, said: "We are thrilled to welcome Interactive Brokers to CEDX, which represents a significant milestone in the exchange's journey to improve the ability of retail investors to gain access to and benefit from European derivatives, particularly options. Their participation demonstrates the need for more efficient European derivatives markets, which CEDX is helping to create by offering a simpler, lower cost and pan-European approach to trading and clearing to lower barriers to entry for institutional and retail investors. Interactive Brokers has been a strong collaborator to our successful US options markets for many years, and we look forward to strengthening this collaboration with them in Europe to help improve and grow derivatives markets in the region."

Milan Galik, Chief Executive Officer at Interactive Brokers, said: "We are pleased to introduce access to CEDX, and give our clients an additional way to trade European derivatives alongside our existing global stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds and more from a single unified platform. With the addition of CEDX's extensive European equity options and index derivatives, our clients now enjoy enhanced choice and flexibility, enabling them to manage their European investments more effectively."