Who it serves
Brokers, issuers, funds and other financial market participants.
How the business works
Infrastructure enables trading, recording or administration of transactions and assets. Fees relate to transactions, assets serviced or data access agreements.
What drives this activity
Transaction volumes, assets serviced, connected participants and system availability.
The business in practice
Selected products, companies and assets from corporate publications.
- Contracts for different price risks
A3 groups futures and options into agriculture, currencies, fixed income, equities, rates, metals and energy, and bitcoin. Soybeans, maize and the dollar are examples of contract references. The platform provides a market service; listing them does not make A3 a producer of the underlying goods.
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Its place in A3 Mercados
A3 operates markets where participants trade instruments and manage price exposure. Futures and options are market products; the company provides the venue and services used to trade them.
Economics of the whole company
Business economics · explained by La Plata
Customers, operations & revenue
A3 provides an organised venue for instruments and derivatives. Intermediaries and investors use contracts to take or hedge price exposure; businesses may need hedges for their operations. The company enables trading and associated services, while contract gains or losses belong to participants.
What shapes business performance
Interest in individual contracts, liquidity and intermediary participation affect activity. Volatility can increase hedging needs without guaranteeing higher revenue. Fees, collateral controls and system reliability should be considered alongside volume; derivative notional value is not exchange turnover in the accounting sense.