CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME), the derivatives marketplace, has just added its voice to the chorus of companies reporting robust operating metrics for March 2015. Data that was published earlier today showed March was one of the strongest months in the history of the company in terms of trading currency and energy contracts. The average daily…
Read moreICAP Information Services (IIS), the information subsidiary of ICAP Plc (LON:IAP), and global derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announced a partnership with The Beast Apps Group. The focus of the collaboration is RapidRV, a real-time market data and analytics tool, aimed at providing market participants the capability to analyze relative value opportunities between…
Read more"We are seeing strong growth in Asia, most recently with 2014 fourth quarter volumes up 51 percent compared to the previous year" - CME Group Executive Chairman and President, Terry Duffy.
Read moreChristopher Fix will be based in Singapore and will be responsible for leading CME Group's efforts to develop benchmark products and services to meet the needs of its customer base in the region. In addition to his new role, Mr. Fix has been appointed to the Board of Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) and as Chairman of DME Asia Pte Ltd
Read moreThe offering is being made under CME Group's existing shelf registration statement and is expected to close on March 9, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions
Read moreCME Group foreign exchange (FX) volume averaged 755,000 contracts per day, which is a decrement of 24.2% compared to the 996,000 contracts reported in January 2015. The average daily notional value of FX contracts traded in February 2015 was $78 billion, compared to $108 billion in January 2015
Read moreIn the wake of European market turmoil, exchanges and venues in Japan, China and Hong Kong, with the backing of global regulators, are busily adding products to their ranges which aim to attract European, Middle Eastern and American retail and institutional traders to increasingly strong markets. LeapRate takes a detailed look at the developments
Read moreThe final quarter of 2014 represented a time at which trading activity among many firms across the industry gained momentum, with market volatility having increased dramatically in September, signaling an end to almost a year of industry-wide stagnant volumes
Read moreCME Group today declared a first-quarter 2015 dividend of $0.50 per share, a six percent increase from the prior rate of $0.47 per share
Read moreThe increasingly outmoded method of using hand signals and shouting orders on trading floors is drawing ever closer to becoming consigned to the history books, as CME Group prepares to close most of its open outcry facilities for futures as it only represents 1% of CME's business compared to the modern electronic systems which make up the vast majority of the venue's execution methodology
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