Tag: Bloomberg SEF

September 18, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

CME Group joins the SEF parade with its own application

CME Group will initially focus on commodity products, and will look to develop additional markets over time. CME Group, which runs the world's largest derivatives marketplace, announced today that it had (finally) filed an application to be registered as a Swap Execution Facility (SEF) with the CFTC. CME Group plans for its SEF to be…

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September 14, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

SEF licenses approved for State Street, GFI, and MarketAxess

State Street, GFI, and MarketAxess join Tradeweb and Bloomberg as the first SEFs granted. The CFTC has announced the granting of three more SEF licenses to State Street (via subsidiary SwapEx LLC), GFI, and MarketAxess. The three new licensees join Tradeweb Global (which actually received two separate licenses), and Bloomberg, as the only firms to successfully receive…

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September 09, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Second (and third) SEF registrations approved for Tradeweb

Tradeweb Joins Bloomberg as the only granted SEFs, although several other applications are in process. The CFTC has announced the granting of an SEF license to Tradeweb Global (which actually received two separate licenses), making Tradeweb the second company, after Bloomberg, to successfully receive the designation. SEFs are the new trading venues mandated under the…

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