Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London, Paris, 5 March 2007 A report released today: commissioned by Euronext.liffe to coincide with the one month anniversary of the launch of its Government Bond Index Futures contracts, highlights fundamental problems that the new contracts have been designed to solve.

The research, entitled A Market Perspective on the EuroMTS Government Bond Index Futures' carried out by independent consultancy StratCom has demonstrated the current frustrations that participants in the European Government Bond markets are facing when using traditional bond futures contracts.