CME Group's Chicago trading floor will remain open for trading of options on futures contracts, as well as for S&P 500 futures contracts.
Read moreIn line with its plans to launch IRS clearing, international derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announces today that it cleared its first interest rate swaptions trade on April 11, 2016. CME Group is the first clearing house to commence swaptions clearing. There are five clearing members currently approved to clear swaptions, including Barclays, BNP…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just published its volumes metrics for March and the first quarter of 2016, with Forex metrics failing to impress. CME Group reported FX average daily volume (ADV) of 912,000 contracts in March 2016, a result which is down 4.4% from the levels seen in February 2016. The…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just announced the appointment of Paul Houston as Executive Director, Global Head of FX. Mr Houston, who joins CME Group from Deutsche Bank in London, will be reporting to Sean Tully, Senior Managing Director, Financial and OTC Products, CME Group. In his new role, Mr Houston will…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's earlier article about international derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) adding Aluminium European Premium Duty-Paid (Metal Bulletin) futures contracts to its offering... CME Group today announced that the first Aluminium European Premium Duty-Paid (Metal Bulletin) futures contracts were traded on Thursday, March 24, 2016. A total of 96 such futures contracts were…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) and leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) today announced the implementation of new measures to improve and further develop the LBMA Silver Price Benchmark. The enhancements stem from ongoing consultation with participants and approval of the independent Oversight Committee. These new…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) on Tuesday announced that it has sealed a definitive agreement to sell its suburban Chicago data center in Aurora to global data center services provider CyrusOne Inc (NASDAQ:CONE) for $130 million. Under the agreement, CME Group will enter into a 15-year lease for data center space and will…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) says it is about to transform the IRS landscape by launching Interest Rate Swaption clearing. The launch is scheduled for April 11, 2016, with the initial product scope to include U.S. dollar-denominated interest rate swaptions with European-style exercise, a maximum 2-year option expiry, and a maximum underlying swap…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) and Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) have announced that China Construction Bank Corporation (SHA:601939) is joining the LBMA Silver Price as a new member. CME Benchmark Europe Limited and Thomson Reuters have operated the LBMA Silver Price since August 2014 when they took over from the London Silver Market…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announces the addition of Aluminium European Premium Duty-Paid (Metal Bulletin) futures contracts, in a move to further boost its base metals offering. The new contracts are set to begin trading on March 21, 2016. They will be available for trading on CME Globex, for submission for clearing…
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