Tag: CME Group

September 07, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME authorized to provide OTC services and designated as CCP by SFC Hong Kong

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has been granted authorization to provide OTC clearing and settlement services and has been designated as a central counterparty (CCP) by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong. With this authorization, the clearing house division of CME…

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July 21, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME launches 2 new S&P 500 Index Futures instruments

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of S&P 500 Total Return Index Futures (S&P Total Return) and S&P 500 Carry Adjusted Total Return Index Futures (S&P Carry Adjusted Total Return) futures. These new products are designed to help market participants mitigate costs and find efficiencies…

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July 16, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME readies 6 weekly FX option contracts for electronic trading

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) just announced that effective Sunday, August 7, 2016 for trade date Monday, August 8, 2016, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, Chicago Mercantile Exchange will make available its six (6) existing FX weekly options contracts for trading on CME Globex and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort (see table…

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July 13, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME to list new European-Style FX Option Contracts in place of American-Style

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) announced today that effective Sunday, August 7, 2016 for trade date Monday, August 8, 2016, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, CME will list six new European-style Weekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Option. The European-Style Option Contracts will exercise into the nearest quarterly futures contract on the last trading day…

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July 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME set to replace Ruble reference rate to Moscow Exchange

CME Group (CME) is set to use the official Moscow Exchange (MOEX) reference rate for Russian ruble contracts come Sunday July 17th. Since 1998 after spot auction currency trading at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) was suspended, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and EMTA (Emerging Market Traders Association) began publishing a Ruble/Dollar exchange rate. CME and EMTA established…

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June 20, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME Group launches EU Wheat Futures and Options

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), today announced the launch of physically delivered European Union (EU) Wheat futures and options on futures contracts to begin trading on 12 September 2016, pending all relevant regulatory review periods. These contracts will be listed subject to the rules and regulations of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The new EU…

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June 02, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME Forex volumes creep down 7% MoM, EM sees increase

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that May 2016 overall volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day, up 6 percent from May 2015. CME Group May 2016 options volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 10 percent versus May 2015, with electronic options averaging 1.6 million contracts per day,…

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June 01, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME reduces CAD/USD futures contract price increment down to half tick

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) today notified traders that effective Sunday, July 10, 2016 for trade date Monday, July 11, 2016, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, CME will reduce the price increment of the Canadian Dollar/US Dollar futures contract down to a half tick commencing with the September 2016 contract month and beyond. Specifically,…

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