Welcome to the LuxXPrime Newsletter!

Welcome to the third and final edition of the LuxXPrime newsletter for 2020. As we continue to grow our LuxXPrime selection of securities, this new edition brings you the latest statistics, insights from industry experts and lets you explore the underlying investment projects of sustainable securities available for trading on LuxXPrime!

So, for the last time in 2020, let's check out the latest news and developments on all things trading! See you back here in 2021 for more exciting updates from LuxXPrime.

LuxXPrime is a window on the trading platform of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE), dedicated to retail-sized bond trading, and was launched in September 2019. What started off as a limited selection of 260 securities has now expanded and counts more than 1,000 securities, including 160 green, social and sustainability bonds.

To secure firm prices, competitive spreads and liquidity on LuxXPrime, LuxSE teamed up with EUWAX AG, a subsidiary of Börse Stuttgart, which acts as the Prime Liquidity Provider. In this way, LuxXPrime meets the needs of brokers, asset managers and investors who are looking for attractive prices for smaller-sized trades in fixed-income securities.

293 issuers
 39 countries
 9 currencies

Along with our overview of top traded debt securities from some of the world's leading issuers, LuxXPrime provides real-time information on our Most Viewed and Last Traded securities. Keeping your finger on the pulse of retail-sized trading has never been easier!

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange is the world’s leading listing venue for sustainable securities. Let's zoom in on one of the selected sustainable projects that is financed by securities available for trading on LuxXPrime.

In this edition, we’re zooming in on the European Commission's social bonds issued under the EU SURE programme.

On 27 October, the European Commission issued its very first EUR 17 billion social bond under the SURE programme, short for Support to mitigate Unemployment Risk in an Emergency. The bond consists of two tranches; a EUR 10 billion and a EUR 7 billion tranche. It was 13 times oversubscribed, with demands exceeding EUR 233 billion, which reflects the enormous support from the investor community for a social bond that will fight the rising unemployment in European countries stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just two months later, the European Commission returned to LuxSE to list two further SURE bonds - EUR 6 billion and EUR 8 billion social bonds to help Member States preserve employment in the current economic climate.
All 4 EU SURE social bonds are displayed on the Luxembourg Green Exchange and available for trading on LuxXPrime now!

It is important for the Luxembourg Stock Exchange to provide investors with a clear and transparent view of the trading quality and market conditions that LuxXPrime offers to bond traders. For this reason, LuxXPrime, with the help of our Prime Liquidity Provider - EUWAX AG, publishes the performance reports of its Prime Liquidity Provider (PLP) on a monthly basis

To view the report in full, as well as PLP Performance Reports from previous months, visit our statistics page.

We spoke with Jens Furkert, Head of Bond Trading, EUWAX AG - the Prime Liquidity Provider for LuxXPrime - to find out how uncertainty and high volatility have affected investor behaviour and spreads over the past months.
 
 Read the interview in full here.

As a further step in our mission to facilitate sustainable investments, we recently established a new green bond impact index in collaboration with German index provider Solactive, the Solactive LGX Green Bond Impact Index.

The index, owned and managed by Solactive, is composed of a selection of green bonds displayed on LGX, which fund projects with a positive environmental or climate impact. In addition, the green bonds are all part of the LuxXPrime selection to ensure a sufficient level of liquidity.
 
 Explore the index here.

The new year is just around the corner! The LuxXPrime team would like to thank you for choosing LuxSE and for your support and loyalty throughout this year. Despite an extraordinary year, we believe that 2020 has taught us all important lessons and helped us redefine our priorities. We wish you a Happy Holidays and a safe, healthy and prosperous 2021!