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Location
Rosario, Argentina
Web site
Founded
1909
AFM Member since
2007
Management
Chairman – Andres Ponte
CEO – Diego Fernandez
AFM Contact Person
Ismael Caram (Deputy CEO)
Type of Institution
Futures and Options Exchange
Trading or service
offering
• Trading, registration, clearing and guarantee of futures and options contracts
• Registration and settlement of OTC products
• Trading and settlement access to MERVAL, MATba, MAE and MAV primary and secondary markets
through interconnectivity agreements
Main products
Futures on:
By licence agreements with CME:
• US Dollar
• WTI, Gold, Soy, Corn
• MERVAL Index
• Federal Government Bonds
• Soybean, Wheat, Corn
Market capitalisation (USD)
112 million contracts traded in 2016, an increase of 53% on 2015
Exchange partnerships
• MERVAL, MAV, MAE and MATba through interconnectivity agreements
• UFEX (ROFEX Uruguay)
• CME (price licencing agreement)
Memberships
• Association of Futures Markets (AFM)
• Futures Industry Association (FIA)
• Federación Iberoamericana de Bolsas (FIAB)
• World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)
• Commodity Markets Council (CMC)
Regulatory bodies
Comision Nacional de Valores
General market
information
Argentina retains its historic status as a middle power in international affairs, and is a prominent
regional power in the Southern Cone and Latin America. Argentina has the second largest
economy in South America, the third-largest in Latin America and is a member of the G-15 and
G-20 major economies. It is also a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, World
Trade Organization, Mercosur, Union of South American Nations, Community of Latin American and
Caribbean States and the Organization of Ibero-American States. It is the country with the highest
Human Development Index in Latin America with a rating of “very high”. Because of its stability,
market size and growing high-tech sector, Argentina is classified as a high-income economy.
Rosario Futures Exchange
(ROFEX)
