Market Data & Analytics creates, disseminates and markets precise and reliable information on the international financial markets. The comprehensive market data and reference products document market developments and make them transparent. All information is tailored to the specific information needs of customers in Front, Middle and Back Offices – the business areas of banks and financial service providers responsible for trading, risk management and settlement – and information providers and issuers of financial products such as ETFs, futures and structured products. Market Data & Analytics information products contribute decisively to the transparency of financial markets, allow for sound market and risk analysis and enable investors to act on facts regarding their investment decisions. Market Data & Analytics assembles financial data from the Group’s own trading platforms such as Xetra® and Eurex®, its settlement platforms and the systems of cooperation partners such as the Irish Stock Exchange, EEX and STOXX Ltd. Front Office Data & Analytics Capital market information is channeled from a large number of sources and collated into data packages according to market segments and so tailored exactly to the information needs of front offices. Market Data & Analytics’ information products for major spot, derivatives and bond markets and important European indices bring key transparency to the financial market and enable market analysis. The information products are distributed with minimum latency via the real-time CEF® data feeds. The data is also available via information providers. A Market Data Dissemination Agreement must be entered into in order to acquire the information products. Issuer Market Data & Analytics Market Data & Analytics develops, calculates, distributes and markets Deutsche Börse AG’s more than 2,500 index products. Strategic index development is focused on clear and concise index rules, transparency, and tradability. As a result, all Deutsche Börse indices meet the needs of investors, financial market product developers and issuers as they are attractive underlyings for derivative financial instruments. The core group of indices comprising DAX®, MDAX®, SDAX® and TecDAX® has been joined by new product families: the DAXplus® strategy line, the international DAXglobal® indices and a variety of customized indices, which are distributed under the issuer’s brand name. Deutsche Börse AG issues licenses for commercial use of its index concepts and trademarks, which are protected nationally and internationally. Back Office Data & Analytics Market Data & Analytics information products also support the activities of back and middle offices in banks and at financial services providers. The portfolio comprises individual analyses on the basis of historical data, the delivery of validated reference data from Deutsche Börse Group's systems, and services relating to all aspects of the reporting requirements of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungen – BaFin). In collaboration with Avox® the Deutsche Börse Group company for business entity data cleansing, Market Data & Analytics offers cleansing services and content for counterparty information. | 
