Securities trading - Austria

14.09.2015

Key market-tradable securities

Denomination currencyMaturity
profile
Interest
rate
Interest/Dividend
payment frequency
Place of settlementForm
Commercial Paper
EUR/ATS2-270 days--OeKB CSDPhysical or dematerialised/bearer
Corporate bonds
EUR/ATSvariesfixed or floatingannually or
semi-annually
OeKB CSDPhysical or bearer or registered (rarely)
Equities
EUR--usually annually (April-June)OeKB CSDPhysical or bearer or registered (rarely)
Government bonds
EUR/ATS5-10 yearsfixed or floatingannually or
semi-annually
OeKB CSDPhysical (permanent global) or dematerialised/bearer
Strips on government bonds
EUR---OeKB CSDPhysical (permanent global) or bearer
Treasury bills
EUR/ATSup to 1 yeardiscount to yield-OeKB CSDPhysical (permanent global) or dematerialised/bearer
Warrants
EUR---OeKB CSDPhysical or bearer

Note: Almost all Austrian shares are issued in bearer form. Debt securities are usually issued as global certificates. The majority of circulating securities are held in custody in the WSB.

Tradable platforms

Wiener Börse AG offers trading on:

  • Xetra: Spot / Cash market;
  • OMex: Warrants;
  • Options and Futures;
  • MTS Austrian Markets: a segment of EuroMTS offering trading in Austrian Government Bonds.