These contracts are cash-settled, European-style options where there's no unwanted delivery of shares or risk of early assignment.
Fine tune your global equity index exposure with FLEX, weekly, quarterly and end-of-month (EOM) expiring options contracts.
Access real-time prices and source liquidity on-and-off screen via central order books and complex open outcry.
With approximately $14.9 trillion in assets benchmarked to MSCI indexes*, MSCI index options offer cash-settled, European style index options across leading global and international indexes.
*Source: MSCI Index AUM Statistics, June 30, 2023.
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Read the Report*Under section 1256 of the Tax Code, profit and loss on transactions in certain exchange-traded options, including MSCI, are entitled to be taxed at a rate equal to 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss, provided that the investor involved and the strategy employed satisfy the criteria of the Tax Code. Investors should consult with their tax advisors to determine how the profit and loss on any particular option strategy will be taxed. Tax laws and regulations change from time to time and may be subject to varying interpretations.