OREANDA-NEWS. Deutsche Börse Group has received full regulatory approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate Eurex Clearing Asia. This new clearing house of Deutsche Börse Group, based in Singapore, is an integral part of its new trading and clearing offering for investors during Asian trading hours.

As a next step, Deutsche Börse will file an application for Eurex Clearing Asia to be recognized as a third-country central counterparty with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in Europe. After ESMA approval, the Asian clearing services will also be accessible to market participants based in the European Union.

The management of Eurex Clearing Asia comprises Roland Schwinn (51) as CEO and Christoph Kraus (43) as COO. Eurex Clearing Asia is an important strategic element of the Asian growth strategy of Deutsche Börse Group. At the end of May, Deutsche Börse Group had also submitted an application for an exchange license with MAS. Both the new trading venue Eurex Exchange Asia and Eurex Clearing Asia are main pillars of Eurex Asia which comprises the offering of new trading opportunities, third-party clearing services and improved post-trade efficiency across the Asian time zone.

Roland Schwinn was Head of Business Development for Asia, Pacific and the Middle East for Eurex starting in 2007. He began his career at the DTB (Deutsche Terminbörse, the predecessor of Eurex) in 1990 as a product development manager and has worked in several management positions within Deutsche Börse Group since then. Roland Schwinn studied at the University of Applied Sciences Trier, Germany, and the University of Leicester, UK. He holds a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate diploma in European Business Studies.

Christoph Kraus has been participating in the Eurex Asia project since February 2013 and has taken over responsibility for project management in January 2014. He joined Eurex, the derivatives market of Deutsche Börse Group, in June 2006 as Senior Vice President. From 1998 to 2006, he worked on several projects for Eurex and Deutsche Börse Group, as an independent business consultant and as a managing partner of PuK Consult GmbH. Christoph Kraus holds a graduate’s degree (diploma) in Business Administration from the University of Siegen, Germany.