Polish members can now access the global carbon market
Trading technology agreement extended
Warsaw, June 18, 2009 - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that
NASDAQ OMX has expanded its cooperation with the Polish Power Exchange, Towarowa
Giełda Energii (TGE). TGE has signed agreements for joining the NASDAQ OMX
carbon market and extended its trading technology agreement with NASDAQ OMX.
The TGE, along with the Polish Commodity Clearing House (IRGiT) and NASDAQ OMX
Commodities have agreed that Polish Power Exchange members will be provided
access to NASDAQ OMX's global carbon market as Non-Clearing Members under TGE
and IRGit. This will allow them to trade European Emission Allowances (EUA's)
and Certified Emission Reductions (CER's). TGE will have responsibility for
their member's trading activity in the carbon market, while IRGiT will be
responsible for the clearing of carbon transactions made by TGE members. This
will include collaterals, clearing and contracts delivery. The start up of the
new CO2-venture will be operational as of January 1, 2010.
“Poland is influenced by the carbon market across many sectors, and we hope to
increase the trading activity of the Polish companies in the global CO2 market.
These agreements will enable Polish exchange members to act in the global carbon
market by using their existing trading facilities and agreements with the TGE,”
said Grzegorz Onichimowski, President of The Management Board of TGE.
“This agreement highlights our strengthened carbon offering and increasing
interest among the leading European financial companies and market places within
the commodities sector,” said Fredrik Voss, Vice President of Business
Development and Carbon Markets. He continued, “We are very proud to welcome
Towarowa Giełda Energii as a new participant in the NASDAQ OMX carbon market.
NASDAQ OMX is able to provide TGE members with a broad carbon offering from EUA
spot contracts to EUA and CER's forwards for each year until 2014, including
strips and swaps.”
In addition, TGE will extend its use of the trading system CONDICO, to be
provided by NASDAQ OMX through 2014.
Regarding the technology extension, Mr. Onichimowski commented, “We have been
working with NASDAQ OMX for 4 years, and the extension of the CONDICO agreement
is a proof point to our confidence in their world-leading technology. A
technology solution that is secure and stable, built for increasing scale and
speed is a prerequisite to be competitive for the future, and this is what we
get as a partner with NASDAQ OMX.”
“We are proud to be a long-standing technology partner to TGE. Our relationship
has been very constructive and we look forward to supporting TGE in their future
growth,” said Lars Ottersgård, Senior Vice President NASDAQ OMX Market
Technology.
ABOUT TGE S.A. AND IRGiT S.A.
Towarowa Giełda Energii S.A. (TGE) was set up at the end of 1999. Operational
activity started on the 30th of June 2000 when the first transactions on the
day-ahead electricity markets were done. Nowadays TGE runs the following
markets: Day Ahead Market, Forward Electricity Market, certificates market and
registries and CO2 allowances (EUA) market. Nasdaq OMX provides the technology
solutions for TGE.
IRGiT S.A. was set up by TGE and The National Depository for Securities (KDPW)
as a company providing clearing and settlement of the transactions made by TGE.
IRGiT founding should be treated as a part of the TGE broader market strategy.
This will allow TGE to extend offer by the variety of derivative products based
on instruments traded on the commodity exchange and should increase the exchange
liquidity and number of the investors including the group of the brokers being
active on TGE markets.
ABOUT NASDAQ OMX COMMODITIES AND NORD POOL ASA
NASDAQ OMX Commodities and Nord Pool ASA provide access to the world's largest
power derivatives exchange and one of Europe's largest carbon markets. NASDAQ
OMX Commodities is responsible for the international derivative and carbon
products offering, and also operates the clearing business and offers consulting
services to commodities markets globally. Nord Pool ASA is responsible for the
exchange operations and trading activities, including ownership of the Nordic
derivative products. NASDAQ OMX Commodities and Nord Pool ASA have more than 390
members from 22 countries across a wide range of energy producers and consumers,
as well as financial institutions. NASDAQ OMX Commodities is an entity in the
NASDAQ OMX GROUP. For more information, please visit
www.nasdaqomx.com/commodities and www.nordpool.com.
About NASDAQ OMX
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trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising
solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market,
NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A
sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including
equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki,
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