Securities trading - Germany
Key market-tradable securities
| Denomination currency | Maturity profile | Interest rate | Interest/Dividend payment frequency | Place of settlement | Form |
| Agency bonds | |||||
Deutsche Bundesbahn | |||||
EUR | Usually 10 years | Fixed | Annual | CEU | Dematerialised |
Deutsche Bundespost | |||||
EUR | Usually 10 years | Fixed | Annual | CEU | Dematerialised / physical |
Fonds Deutsche Einheit | |||||
EUR | Usually 10 years | Fixed | Annual | CEU | Permanent global |
| Communal bonds | |||||
EUR | Usually 10 years | Fixed | Annual | CEU | Physical or permanent global |
| Corporate debt | |||||
Commercial Paper | |||||
EUR | 7 days to < 2 years | Discount to yield | - | CEU | Permanent global |
Corporate Bonds | |||||
EUR | Varies | Varies | Varies | CEU | Physical or permanent global / bearer |
Mortgage Bonds (Pfandbriefe) | |||||
EUR | 3 to 10 years | Fixed | Annual | CEU | Physical or permanent global / bearer |
| DEM or EUR global bonds | |||||
DEM/EUR | Varies | Varies | Varies | CEU | Physical or permanent global / bearer |
| Foreign bonds | |||||
Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | CEU | Varies |
| Government bonds (Bundesanleihen) | |||||
EUR | Usually 10 years | Fixed | Annual | CEU | Dematerialised |
| Government notes | |||||
Unverzinsliche Schatzanweisungen | |||||
DEM/EUR | 6 months to 2 years | Discount to yield | - | CEU | Dematerialised |
Bundesschatzanweisungen | |||||
DEM/EUR | 2 to 5 years | Fixed or floating | Varies | CEU | Dematerialised |
Kassenobligationen | |||||
DEM/EUR | Up to 6 years | Fixed | Annual | CEU | Dematerialised |
| Registered shares | |||||
EUR | - | - | - | CEU | Dematerialised / registered |
| Equities | |||||
EUR | - | - | - | CEU | Physical / bearer |
| Warrants | |||||
EUR | - | - | - | CEU | Physical / bearer |
Trading platforms and markets
Fully electronic cash market trading system | ||
Trading platform for futures and options:
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Trading platform for European government and benchmark bonds | ||
Trading platform for German government and benchmark bonds | ||
Trading platform for European government and benchmark bonds | ||
Central counterparty (CCP) for various stock exchanges |