Tag: CME Group

September 11, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CME Group appoints Cees Vermaas as Managing Director and CEO of CME Europe Limited

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has appointed Cees Vermaas as Managing Director and CEO of CME Europe Limited, its London-based derivatives exchange, effective January 2nd 2015. Vermaas, whose appointment as CEO is subject to regulatory approval by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will report to…

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September 05, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CME Group shatters four year old FX options volume record yesterday!

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced a record volume trading day for yesterday, September 4th, in its Foreign Exchange options complex. FX options reached $32.4 billion in notional value (231,307 contracts) surpassing the previous record of $26.1 billion (174,941 contracts) set on May 5, 2010. 94% of the options, or…

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September 05, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Breaking News - ICE to acquire SuperDerivatives for $350 million

Both the Financial Times and Israel business news source Calcalist are reporting this morning that  transatlantic exchange and clearing house operator ICE (or IntercontinentalExchange, NYSE:ICE) has agreed in principle to acquire SuperDerivatives, an Israeli-based financial data and analytics provider. SuperDerivatives provides data and analytics on OTC derivatives, but also has a chat platform similar to the one…

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August 04, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Breaking: CME Clearing Europe Receives EMIR authorisation

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced CME Group's European clearing house, CME Clearing Europe, has today received authorization as a Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The authorisation covers all OTC derivatives and futures products currently cleared by CME Clearing Europe. CME Clearing…

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