The Vienna Stock Exchange welcomes UniCredit onemarkets as the first issuer of structured products on all short and leverage indices calculated by the exchange. UniCredit is one of the most active issuers of products on indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange. Short and leverage indices address investors who are willing to take risks and who want to participate in the development of a specific index. The indices are tied to an underlying index and reproduce its daily performance with a fixed leverage. The Vienna Stock Exchange offers short indices as well as double short indices (factor 2) and leverage indices with factors 2 and 4 on the following reference indices: ATX, CECE EUR and RDX EUR. All indices are designed to be used as underlying for structured products.
The index range of the Vienna Stock Exchange enjoys high popularity amonginternational investors because of the high quality, uniform calculation methodology and preciseness. Products issued on the indices can be traded on all European markets. Most products worldwide with a reference toEastern Europe are based on indices of the Vienna Stock Exchange.Most of the issuers and licensees come from theUnited Kingdom (21%), followed byGermany (11%), Scandinavia (11%) andAustria (11%).