CME Group

180 results about this entity

Period: 17 Oct 2006 - 20 Feb 2024

Dwolla looks to new markets after CME Group investment

Dwolla has raised $9.7 million in a funding round led by exchange operator CME Group in a move that signals the digital payments startup's intentions to move beyond the retail world.

LSE's globeSettle slected by CME Clearing Europe as collateral location

London Stock Exchange Group’s new central securities depository (CSD), globeSettle, has been selected by CME Clearing Europe as an additional securities collateral location for their members.

OptionsCity extends support to CME market data platform 3.0

OptionsCity Software, a global provider of electronic trading solutions for professional futures and options traders, today announced that the firm has completed certification with CME Group’s Market Data Platform (MDP) 3.0.

CME Group names Kim Taylor president, global operations, technology and risk

CME Group has revamped its leadership structure, naming company veteran Kim Taylor president of global operations, technology and risk.

CME Group to buy Trayport and Fenics from GFI Group

Exchange operator CME Group has agreed a deal to buy the Trayport and Fenics trading technology units from GFI Group in a deal worth around $655 million.

CME ventures into Mission Impossible territory with investment in Wickr

CME Group has participated in a $30 million funding round for self-destructing messaging app developer Wickr, as the startup bids to move into financial services.

CME sets up tech investment fund

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has gone public about the launch of a new venture capital fund to invest in promising technology start-ups.

CME Group sued over HFT sneak peek claims

CME Group is being sued by three users, accused of selling sneak peeks at order information to high-frequency traders.

CME Group says ClearPort was hacked in July

Exchange operator CME Group says that its ClearPort clearing system was hacked in July, compromising customer information.

CME Group told to improve surveillance

CME Group's procedures for monitoring Exchange for Related Position (EFRP) transactions are "inadequate" and should be beefed up quickly, says the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,

Regulators begin HFT crack down on market spoofing algorithms

Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have levelled their first fines against high frequency traders who deployed computer algorithms to spoof the markets by placing and immediately cancelling bids and offers in futures contracts.

EC charges banks, Isda and Markit in CDS investigation

EC regulators say that 13 investment banks, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) and Markit breached antitrust rules by colluding to prevent exchanges from entering the credit derivatives business.

CME Group vows to tackle loophole being tapped by HFT firms

CME Group says that it is working to close the time gap that sometimes exists between customers receiving trade confirmations and the information appearing in public data feeds after the Wall Street Journal reported that high-speed traders are exploiting the lag.

CME Group blames bug for swaps data leak

CME Group says that a software bug at its swaps data repository earlier this month allowed some traders to see confidential details on hundreds of transactions.

Nasdaq OMX agrees eSpeed acquisition

Nasdaq OMX has struck a deal to buy electronic US Treasuries trading platform eSpeed from BGC Partners for $750 million in cash.

CME to challenge CFTC suit over information leak

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is suing CME-owned trading venue the New York Mercantile Exchange and two former employees for passing on confidential customer trading data to an outside broker.

DTCC ponders legal action over swaps trade data rules

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is threatening to sue a US regulator over how rival CME Group is being allowed to handle derivatives trading data.

Former CME software engineer pleads guilty to code theft

A former senior software engineer at CME Group has admitted to stealing source code from the Chicago-based exchange operator at the same time as he was working to boost the technological performance of a Chinese bourse.

CME to set up European derivatives exchange

CME Group, operator of the world's largest futures exchange, has applied to the Financial Services Authority to establish a European derivatives market based in London.

ICE and HKEx go head-to-head in battle for LME

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing (HKEx) are set to go head-to-head in the race to acquire the London Metal Exchange (LME) after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange followed Nyse Euronext in being eliminated from the bidding for the 140-year old metals market.