To increase post-trade efficiency, Deutsche Börse has implemented a significant reduction in settlement fees for centrally cleared ETF transactions on Xetra together with Clearstream, Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade service provider.

As a result, trading participants will benefit from significant cost advantages in the settlement of their ETF transactions from 1 May 2025. The aim of this measure is to further strengthen on-exchange ETF trading along the entire value chain.

As a leading provider of post-trade infrastructure, Clearstream supports the ETF ecosystem from issuance to settlement and custody as well as order routing services for international and local ETFs, including settlement in the TARGET2-Securities environment.

Deutsche Börse is celebrating the 25th anniversary of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Europe today. On 11 April 2000, Deutsche Börse became the first stock exchange in Europe to introduce trading in ETFs, thus setting a milestone in the financial industry. Since the start of trading of the first two products in Europe, two ETFs on European stock indices of the STOXX index family, the market for ETFs has developed rapidly.

Today, investors can choose from over 2,400 ETFs on Xetra, the largest range of listed ETFs in Europe.