CHICAGO, March 10, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), the largest stock exchange in India, and CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced cross-listing arrangements, including license agreements covering benchmark indexes for U.S. and Indian equities... Read more

CHICAGO, March 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group announced today that CFO and Managing Director of Finance and Corporate Development Jamie Parisi will present at the 2010 Citi Financial Services Conference, to be held in New York, New York, on Thursday, March 11, at 11:15 a.m. (Eastern Time). The presentation will be broadc... Read more

CHICAGO, March 8, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, CME Group Index Services LLC, has priced an offering of $612.5 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.40% senior notes due 2018. The sale of the notes is expected to be completed on or about March 18, 2010, subject to customary cl... Read more

CHICAGO and MEXICO CITY, March 8, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV), the financial exchange operator in Mexico, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership that includes an order routing... Read more

CHICAGO, March 5, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group announced today that Managing Director of Products and Services Initiatives Rick Redding will present at the Raymond James 31st Annual Institutional Investors Conference, to be held in Orlando, Florida, on Monday, March 8, at 9:50 a.m. (Eastern Time). The presentation will be... Read more

CHICAGO, March 5, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it has entered into a seven-year license agreement with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) that will allow CME Group to list futures and options on futures for volatility indexes on a variety... Read more

CHICAGO and NEW YORK, March 4, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives exchange, and Dow Jones & Company today announced that the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice have granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for the compan... Read more

CHICAGO, March 2, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that February volume averaged 12.5 million contracts per day, up 17 percent from February 2009. Total volume was 238 million contracts for February, of which a record 84 percent was traded electron... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 26, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it has appointed Linda Dallas Rich as Managing Director, Government Relations, effective March 22. Rich will be responsible for advancing the company's policy agenda in Washington, D.C. Rich has 2... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 26, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group announced today that Chief Executive Officer Craig Donohue will present at the CLSA AsiaUSA Forum 2010, to be held in San Francisco, California, on Monday, March 1, at 3:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via ... Read more

CHICAGO and LONDON, Feb 22, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today released results from its third annual Global Foreign Exchange (FX) Market Study of both cash and exchange-traded FX products. Overall, concerns over counterparty risk remain high, albeit reduced ... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 19, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the following changes to its Management Team to further serve its global customer base: Bryan T. Durkin, who has served as Chief Operating Officer since 2007, will now assume oversight of the compa... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 17, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the following Managing Director promotions, which were effective February 14: Felix Carabello, 45, Managing Director, Energy and Metals, International Carabello is responsible for executing CME Gr... Read more

CHICAGO and SAO PAULO, Feb 12, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and BM&FBOVESPA, the world's third largest exchange company by market capitalization, today announced they have agreed to become Global Preferred Strategic Partners and to develop a new multi-asset cl... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 10, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and Dow Jones & Company today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement in which CME Group will take a 90 percent ownership interest and Dow Jones will take a 10 percent ownership interest in a new joi... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 08, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group today announced its slate of candidates for election to serve on the company's Board of Directors. CME Group shareholders will vote for directors at the company's annual meeting to be held Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The Class A and Class B shareholders voting together will elec... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 05, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group announced today that Executive Chairman Terry Duffy and Chief Executive Officer Craig Donohue, will present at the 2010 Credit Suisse Financial Services Conference, to be held in Miami, Florida on Thursday, February 11 at 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time). The presentation will be bro... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 04, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) today reported that fourth-quarter GAAP total revenues were $667 million and GAAP operating income was $402 million. Fourth-quarter net income on a GAAP basis was $203 million and diluted earnings per share on a GAAP basis were $3.04. The 2009 GAAP results... Read more

CHICAGO, Feb 02, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that January volume averaged 11.2 million contracts per day, up 19 percent from January 2009. Total volume was 213 million contracts for January, of which 82 percent was traded electronically. Ele... Read more

CHICAGO, Jan 26, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CME Group released the following statement regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) position on the exchange of futures for futures (EFFs): "We have been assured by the Commission that CBOT's rules respecting block trading and improper trade practices remain in full ... Read more