German Stock Exchange and central counterparty (CCP) transactions

05.08.2025

Non-cleared German Stock Exchange transactions

Non-cleared stock exchange trade confirmations from German Stock Exchanges are routed to CBF’s Stock Exchange Transaction Interface (SETI). After the transformation into OTC-like instructions, they are transmitted to the settlement platform based on the securities custody type:

  • Instructions in collective safe custody (CSC) or T2S eligible non-collective safe custody (NCSC-T) securities are forwarded to T2S for settlement.
  • Instructions in non-collective safe custody (NCSC) securities are forwarded to Creation for settlement.

Cleared transactions at Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (FWB®, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange)

  • There are two CCPs: Eurex Clearing AG (Primary CCP) and CBOE Clear Europe (Preferred CCP).
  • Eurex Clearing AG clears transactions in all CCP-eligible instruments on trading venues Xetra® (XETR) and Börse Frankfurt (XFRA), while CBOE Clear Europe clears transactions in selected instruments (“multi-CCP-eligible”) on XETR only.
  • Eurex Clearing AG sends CCP instructions (netted or gross transactions) in CSC or NCSC-T securities to CASCADE. These instructions are forwarded to T2S for settlement of securities and cash in EUR1. CBOE Clear Europe sends CCP instructions (netted or gross transactions) in CSC or NCSC-T securities to T2S for settlement of securities and cash in EUR.
  • Instructions in NCSC securities are forwarded to Creation for settlement.

The settlement instructions are taken up for real-time processing applying the standard OTC functionality. Whereas the settlement of stock exchange instructions in CSC and NCSC-T securities with CBF follows the T2S rules, the settlement of stock exchange instructions in NCSC securities on the Creation platform is subject to CBL procedures:

Stock exchange transactions services

CBF clients

CBF-i clients

Transaction linking

T2S rulesa

CBL rulesb

Already-matched instructions

Yes

No

Allegements

Yes

No

Partial settlement

Yes

Yes

Settlement priority

Yes

Yes

Hold and release

Yes

Yes

OTC Recycling Service

Yes

Yes

Market and reverse claims




 


Please refer to the Clearstream Transactions Management rules per market


Please refer to the Clearstream Transactions Management rules per market

Transformations


Please refer to the Clearstream Transactions Management rules per market


Please refer to the Clearstream Transactions Management rules per market

Bilateral cancellation

Yes

Yes

Recycling period

T2S rulesc

CBL rulesb

Reporting times

T2S scheduled

CBL scheduleb

a. See Insights on T2S linking under T2S documents & links / Knowledge-based repository / Settlement / Linking instructions in T2S.

b. See CBL Client Handbook.

c. See T2S Scope Defining Documents, current T2S User Detailed Functional Specifications.

d. See Settlement process in T2S.

The figure below illustrates the settlement process for German Stock Exchange transactions :

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1. Transactions done in other currencies than EUR are processed through Creation by conditional settlement.