CME

CME posts 13% revenue jump as geopolitical uncertainty drives trading

Volume and open interest grew in every asset class on the exchange in the second quarter

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Citadel and others have become major disruptors as traders look to hedge risks and profit at the same time

Traders flock to weather derivatives amid climate fears

Extreme climate events push weather trading to new heights

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Howard Lutnick's FMX Futures Exchange is set to launch around the middle of the year

Billionaire Howard Lutnick is taking on exchange giant CME

Cantor Fitzgerald’s CEO previously helped transform the bond market

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Saudi Tadawul is owned by the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund

Saudi Exchange buys a third of CME’s Dubai Mercantile Exchange

Saudi Tadawul Group will acquire a mix of new and existing shares to become joint largest shareholder

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CME reported Q2 revenues of $1.4bn and a net income of $778m.

Uncertainty provides tailwinds as CME reports 10% revenue boost

Economic and geopolitical uncertainty has fuelled volume increase at the exchange

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The CME has had a front-row seat amid turmoil in real-world assets this year

How CME’s commodities chief dealt with the disruption of war

Financial News spoke with CME’s commodities head about how the exchange has dealt with a volatile time in commodities markets

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Derek Sammann

Listen back: CME’s Derek Sammann on where commodities go next

The Chicago-based exchange's commodities boss on why crude oil isn't done yet, and why green metals trading is kicking off

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The world may be nearing peak demand for oil this decade

CME commodities boss: Crude oil trading is here to stay

Trading in crude oil and gas is not going away anytime soon despite the CME growing its green metals business

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Libor represents the market rate for borrowing between banks, but it was tarnished by a rigging scandal that came to light in 2012

LCH completes $45tn Libor transition

Of the $45tn, $43tn was converted on the weekend of 19 May

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Exchanges are expanding their offerings despite a slump in the price of digital assets

CME to launch ether options contract

Ether options announcement comes just weeks after the launch of euro-denominated futures in ether and bitcoin

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EMEA makes up 28% of bitcoin and ether futures contracts traded on the CME in 2022

CME launches euro-denominated crypto futures

Euro-bitcoin and Euro-ether futures are set to rollout on 29 August

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Death of Libor sends CME an ‘exponential’ boom in Sofr futures contracts

‘It’s five or six times the level of activity that we saw only six months ago’

TP Icap is suing rival broker Nex

TP Icap sues Nex over disclosure of probes into swaps, ‘cum-ex’ trading

TP Icap says Nex did not mention a US-UK probe into swaps trading and its exposure to the German cum-ex scandal at the time of their 2016 deal

NEX confirms £3.8bn takeover proposal from CME

Talks are at an advanced stage but the US exchange is yet to make a formal offer

Michael Spencer’s NEX confirms takeover interest from CME

The potential acquisition target said talks are

US derivatives regulator warns of risks as exchanges ready bitcoin futures

CME Group and Cboe plan to launch products this month, but the CFTC's chairman has some concerns about the digital currency

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CME to launch bitcoin futures

Chicago-based exchange operator intends to list cryptocurrency derivative contracts by the end of the year

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London Metal Exchange wants to put a new shine on gold trading

New report from Deloitte says London's bullion market has been 'slow to adapt' to a central clearing model

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Opportunities for CME in market data, says RBC analyst

Despite 'spectacular' disappointment from the so-called derived data business in the first quarter, Peter Lenardos sees a brighter future

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CME Group sees profit rise on higher clearing and transaction fees

Chicago-based futures market hit records for quarterly average daily volume in interest rates, energy and metals

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