Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) announced that more than 310,000 Micro E-mini futures contracts traded yesterday across all four indices - the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes. Total cumulative volume makes Micro E-minis the most successful new product launch in CME Group's history. We are pleased to see strong…
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CME Group (NASDAQ:CME)'s new legal entity CME Amsterdam B.V. will be fully operational from 18 March 2019, since the approval from the Dutch Minister of Finance is already a fact. The newly formed Amsterdam establishment will ensure that CME Group's BrokerTec and EBS venues and CME Regulatory Reporting services (formerly NEX Regulatory Reporting) can continue to service…
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JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) may have taken the crypto world by surprise with its sudden “JPM Coin” introduction. The flurry of press headlines about this internal token/blockchain project have been a distraction, but if you peel back the layers of this circus sideshow, you would discover a host of other investment industry leaders touting the long-term…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has just released its January volumes. The company has reached average daily volume (ADV) of 17.8 million contracts per day in January 2019, down 6% YoY. Open interest at the end of January was 122 million contracts, down 1% from January 2018 and up 5% from year-end 2018. The average daily volume…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has just informed the public that Citi (NYSE:C) and Eaton Vance Management began clearing FX Cash-Settled Forwards at CME Group. CME has already cleared two Euro / US dollar trades on January 15, 2019. CME has recently achieved Asia Pacific average daily volume (ADV) of 921,000 contracts in Q4 2018,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Coin Futures and CoinFLEX will be offering futures contracts as soon as next month to the Asian market. The new contracts will provide possible leverage of up to 20 times. Such physical futures contracts are considered to be more valuable, as the value is tied to an underlying asset, rather than fiat currency.…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced that it achieved Asia Pacific average daily volume (ADV) of 921,000 contracts in Q4 2018, up 45% from the corresponding period in 2017: Equity products up 201%, Interest Rates up 42%, and Energy products up 35%. For the full year 2018, Asia Pacific ADV stood at 862,000 contracts,…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has just released its volumes report for 2018. The average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 19.2 million contracts, up 18% YoY. Highlights include: Record Interest Rate ADV, up 22 percent to 9.95 million contracts Record Metals ADV, up 12 percent to 638,000 contracts Record FX ADV, up 9 percent…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced its suite of energy futures and options reached a daily trading volume record of 5,103,881 contracts on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, surpassing the previous record of 5,067,833 contracts set on Dec. 1, 2016. Customers are increasingly accessing the deep liquidity across our energy markets to manage price risk during this…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) and NEX Group (LON:NXG) have announced they have received clearance from the UK Competition and Markets Authority for CME Group's proposed acquisition of NEX. Completion of the transaction remains subject to sanction by the UK Court. The parties have scheduled the court hearing for November 1, 2018 and expect the closing to…
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