CME Group announces new senior management positions; including President of Clearing and Post-Trade Services LeapRate

December 10, 2016 BY admin

CME Group announces new senior management positions; including President of Clearing and Post-Trade Services

CME Group announced that it has appointed Julie Winkler and Kim Taylor to new roles on its management team. Winkler, a 20-year veteran of CME Group, will serve as the company's Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing sales, product marketing, research and data analysis functions as well as the company's innovation lab. Winkler will report to CME…

December 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME sees record overall volumes in November, FX up 28% MoM

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) has announced that November 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 20.9 million contracts per day, up 52% from November 2015, FX up 28% MoM. CME Group November 2016 options volume averaged 4.3 million contracts per day, up 63% versus November 2015, with electronic options averaging…

November 30, 2016 BY admin

CME Europe renews 'Forex Liquidity Creation Program'

CME Europe has just informed members that it will be extending its FX Liquidity Creation Program (LCP) commencing on December 1st. The renewal is a success for the program which was first announced back in May as first reported by LeapRate. It should be noted that existing participants in the FX Market Making program are not eligible to…

November 11, 2016 BY admin

CME Group CEO Phupinder Gill retires; board member Terry Duffy takes over as CEO

CME Group today announced that its Chief Executive Officer Phupinder Gill has informed the Company's Board of Directors that he is retiring from the organization and Board, at year end, December 31, 2016. At the Board's request, Terry Duffy has assumed the expanded role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Bryan Durkin, who is currently…

November 10, 2016 BY admin

Election volatility surge sees CME volume hit new all-time daily record of 44.5M contracts

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached a record high in single-day volume with 44,516,949 contracts traded across all asset classes on November 9, 2016, the day after the U.S. elections... breaking the previous record of 39,567,064 contracts set on October 15, 2014. The election volatility should spell well…

November 09, 2016 BY admin

CME sets trade date for COMEX London Spot Gold and Spot Silver Futures

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace announced today that on Sunday January 8, 2017 for trade date Monday, January 9, 2017 (and pending final regulatory approval), trading will commence in COMEX’s London Spot Gold and London Spot Silver Futures. These innovative contracts will provide market participants with exposure to…

November 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group reports ADV of 13.1 million contracts per day in October 2016, up 2% YoY

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) has announced that October 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 13.1 million contracts per day, up 2% from October 2015. CME Group October 2016 electronic options volume averaged 1.5 million contracts per day, a rise of 7% versus October 2015. CME Group year-to-date 2016 ADV through October…

October 27, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group reports strong third-quarter 2016 financial results, revenue of $842 million

Shortly after reporting a 57% rise in FX Futures ADV MoM in September, international derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) has reported revenue of $842 million and operating income of $525 million for the third quarter of 2016. Net income was $473 million and diluted earnings per share were $1.39. On an adjusted basis, net…

September 13, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CME Group announces first trades of new EU Wheat futures contract

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that the first EU Wheat futures contracts were traded on Monday, September 12, 2016. A total of 411 futures contracts were traded, equaling over 20,000 metric tons. Trades took place in five delivery months from December 2016 up to December 2017. Open…

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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