HKEX: New Product Additions – MSCI Asia and Emerging Market Index Futures and Options
July-Q4 2020
HKEX will be adding MSCI Asia and Emerging Market Index futures and options in phases. Final dates have not been provided. Tentative launch date for Phase 1b batch 1 is August 3, and batch 2 August 17. Tentative launch for Phase 1c is Q4 2020.
X_TRADER® Platform Impact
To trade these products, apply an updated pMerge file to all HKEX Gateways:
- Copy the HKEX.pmg file to <drive letter>:\tt\config.
- Stop GuardServer.
- Navigate to <drive letter>:\tt\bin.
- Double-click pMerge.exe. The Enter Exchange Name window appears.
- Specify the exchange name and flavor and click OK. The Open Guardian product table merge file window appears.
- Navigate to <drive letter>:\tt\config and select the HKEX.pmg file. pMerge will update the existing Guardian Product Table with the correct values. After pMerge completes its tasks, the pMerge status bar displays Finished.
- Close the pMerge status bar.
- Start GuardServer.
The above listed steps need to be repeated for each HKEX Gateway.
After pMerge runs, verify that the Guardian Product Table contains the following values:
| Phase | Contract | Product Code | Point Value |
| 1a | MSCI Taiwan (USD) Index Futures | MTW | 100 |
| 1a | MSCI Taiwan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MWN | 100 |
| 1a | MSCI Japan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MJU | 10 |
| 1a | MSCI India Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MIN | 100 |
| 1a | MSCI China Free Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MCN | 50 |
| 1a | MSCI Indonesia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MDN | 10 |
| 1a | MSCI Australia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MAN | 10 |
| 1a | MSCI Thailand Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MTN | 10 |
| 1a | MSCI Malaysia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MMN | 100 |
| 1a | MSCI EM Asia Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | EAN | 100 |
Products in future releases are listed below and included in the HKEX.pmg file. They are not yet available in the HKEX Test Environment, dates will be provided in the future.
| Phase | Contract | Product Code | Point Value |
| 1a | MSCI Singapore Free (SGD) Index Futures | MSG | 100 |
| 1a | MSCI Singapore Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MSN | 5 |
| 1a | MSCI Vietnam Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MVN | 50 |
| 1a | MSCI Hong Kong Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MHN | 1 |
| 1a | MSCI Philippines Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MPN | 50 |
| 1a | MSCI Indonesia Index (USD) Futures | MID | 2 |
| 1a | MSCI Emerging Markets Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | EMN | 100 |
| 1a | MSCI Emerging Markets (USD) Index Futures | MEM | 50 |
| 1b | MSCI India (USD) Index Futures | MDA | 50 |
| 1b | MSCI China Free (USD) Index Futures | MCU | 5 |
| 1b | MSCI Thailand (USD) Index Futures | MTH | 20 |
| 1b | MSCI Malaysia (USD) Index Futures | MMY | 20 |
| 1b | MSCI Philippines (USD) Index Futures | MPH | 10 |
| 1b | MSCI Vietnam (USD) Index Futures | MVT | 20 |
| 1b | MSCI Singapore Free Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MGN | 50 |
| 1b | MSCI New Zealand Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MNZ | 100 |
| 1b | MSCI Japan (JPY) Index Futures | MJP | 2500 |
| 1b | MSCI Japan Net Total Return (JPY) Index Futures | MJJ | 1000 |
| 1b | MSCI EM ex China Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MXC | 10 |
| 1b | MSCI EM ex Korea Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MXK | 10 |
| 1b | MSCI EM Asia ex China Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MAC | 20 |
| 1b | MSCI EM Asia ex Korea Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MAK | 20 |
| 1b | MSCI EM EMEA Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MEE | 100 |
| 1b | MSCI EM LatAm Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MEL | 100 |
| 1b | MSCI Pacific Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MPC | 10 |
| 1b | MSCI Pacific ex Japan Net Total Return (USD) Index Futures | MPJ | 10 |
| 1c | MSCI Taiwan (USD) Index Options | MTW | 100 |
TT® Platform Impact
No action required, products will be available automatically.
Additional Resources
Exchange Notice, June 1, 2020
JSE: 2020 API Enhancements
August 24
JSE is planning an exchange release during the weekend of August 24 consisting of several API enhancements as well as broader platform functional enhancements. We participated in the Market Facing Dress Rehearsal that was completed on July 11.
X_TRADER Platform Impact
None.
TT Platform Impact
We will perform required upgrades in the TT platform to support JSE API enhancements before the weekend of August 24.
Additional Resources
JSE Release Document
SGX: Industry-Wide Business Continuity Planning Exercise
August 29
SGX will conduct its annual industry-wide exercise to validate its ability to recover and operate the market in the event of a data center failover scenario and to test its crisis communication capabilities. Further details will be announced in upcoming weeks.
X_TRADER and TT Platform Impacts
Contact your TAM/Customer Success representative if you would like to participate. Further details will be provided in upcoming weeks.
Euronext: Oslo Børs Optiq Migration
November 30
Following Euronext’s acquisition of Oslo Børs in June 2019, Oslo Børs’ trading systems, across asset classes, will migrate from the Millennium Exchange and SOLA systems to the Euronext Optiq systems. The migration timeline is as follows:
- April 13: Availability in p-EUA
- November 14 and 21: Dress rehearsals in Production
- November 30: Production go-live
The Oslo Børs Migration Guidelines and Guide to New Trading System documents are now available in the IT Documentation section of the Euronext Connect customer portal.
X_TRADER Platform Impact
Oslo Børs products will not be supported on the X_TRADER platform.
TT Platform Impact
We will make Oslo Børs available for customer testing in UAT in the near future.
CME: Mandatory iLink 3 Binary Order Entry Protocol for MSGW and BrokerTec Migration
Q4 2020
CME Group will be launching iLink 3, a new order-entry protocol for trading futures, options and BrokerTec products on CME Globex. All customers connected via Market Segment Gateway (MSGW) will need to migrate to iLink 3 by Q4 2020. iLink 2 and iLink 3 for MSGW will run in parallel until the Q4 2020 date. BrokerTec products will migrate to CME in October and will be available on iLink 3 MSGW only. CGW will remain on iLink 2 and will not be impacted.
For the iLink 2 to 3 migration, CME Group does not require customers to obtain new iLink sessions. Customers will have the ability to migrate their existing iLink sessions from iLink 2 to 3 within the CME Request Center. For all existing migrated sessions, standard Session Policy Charges will apply.
X_TRADER Platform Impact
X_TRADER will not support iLink 3.0 for MSGW or BrokerTec products that will migrate to CME in Q4. Customers using iLink 3.0 for MSGW after the hard date, tentatively in November 2020, will need to move their connections to CGW. It is strongly encouraged to migrate to the TT platform prior to the November date.
TT Platform Impact
We will support both the iLink 3.0 upgrade and the BrokerTec US Migration to CME on the TT platform. More details, including UAT and Production availability dates, will be provided in future updates.
Additional Resources
Globex Notice July 20, 2020
FIA: Execution Source Code Schema Initiative (Tag 1031)
Timeline varies by exchange
Multiple exchanges, in cooperation with the FIA Execution Source Code Schema Initiative, are moving forward with plans to implement FIX tag 1031 (CustOrderHandlingInst) on their APIs.
Exchange-Specific Plans
- CME: Tag 1031 is supported and is mandatory.
- ICE: Tag 1031 is supported, but not required.
- Eurex: Tag 1031 is supported, but not required.
- CurveGlobal/IDEM: Tag 1031 is supported with the SOLA 14 Upgrade on February 3, but is not required.
X_TRADER Platform Impact
For CME, tag 1031 is now available in production. Customers should enter a valid value in the FFT6 field in Customer Defaults and/or FIX Account Defaults. For FIX Order Routing applications, FFT6 maps to tag 16903. If no value is set, a default value of “Y” will be sent. CME Gateway 7.18.49 was released on October 18.
For ICE, tag 1031 is now available with ICE Gateway 7.18.29. Customers should use FFT6 to send the value to the exchange. The field is optional for ICE.
TT Platform Impact
For CME, tag 1031 is now available for use in Production. Customers should select a valid value in Setup or set Order Tag Defaults.
For ICE, tag 1031 is now available for use in Production. Customers should select a valid value in Setup or set Order Tag Defaults to send the value to the exchange. Customers can choose not to select any value as this is an optional field for ICE.
For Eurex, support of tag 1031 on the TT platform is now available. Customers should select a valid value in Setup or set Order Tag Defaults to send the value to the exchange. Customers can choose not to select any value as this is an optional field for Eurex. On the X_TRADER platform, tag 1031 is not currently supported.
For CurveGlobal and IDEM, support for tag 1031 was added on February 3 for both exchanges.
Additional Resources
FIA Indirect Clearing Documentation
PRODUCT RELEASES
OSE Gateway 7.18.12.0p77 (win64)