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Bobl launches as Europe manoeuvres
As the competition in Continental Europe regrouped, Liffe last week launched its latest Deutschmark interest rate contracts – Bobl futures (again) and options, covering the widely followed five-year point of the yield curve. The contract had a steady start, against a backdrop of a buy-out of Matif, and Paris signing up to co-operate with the DTB-Soffex venture, Eurex.

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