Securities trading - Austria
Key market-tradable securities
Denomination currency | Maturity profile | Interest rate | Interest/Dividend payment frequency | Place of settlement | Form |
Commercial Paper | |||||
EUR/ATS | 2-270 days | - | - | OeKB CSD | Physical or dematerialised/bearer |
Corporate bonds | |||||
EUR/ATS | varies | fixed or floating | annually or semi-annually | OeKB CSD | Physical or bearer or registered (rarely) |
Equities | |||||
EUR | - | - | usually annually (April-June) | OeKB CSD | Physical or bearer or registered (rarely) |
Government bonds | |||||
EUR/ATS | 5-10 years | fixed or floating | annually or semi-annually | OeKB CSD | Physical (permanent global) or dematerialised/bearer |
Strips on government bonds | |||||
EUR | - | - | - | OeKB CSD | Physical (permanent global) or bearer |
Treasury bills | |||||
EUR/ATS | up to 1 year | discount to yield | - | OeKB CSD | Physical (permanent global) or dematerialised/bearer |
Warrants | |||||
EUR | - | - | - | OeKB CSD | Physical or bearer |
Note: Almost all Austrian shares are issued in bearer form. Debt securities are usually issued as global certificates. The majority of circulating securities are held in custody in the WSB.
Tradable platforms
Wiener Börse AG offers trading on:
- Xetra: Spot / Cash market;
- OMex: Warrants;
- Options and Futures;
- MTS Austrian Markets: a segment of EuroMTS offering trading in Austrian Government Bonds.