Energy contracts of CME Group primarily consist of crude oil, natural gas, power and other energy-related exchange-traded contracts and over-the-counter contracts cleared through CME Group ClearPort.
Like the banks, MF Global reported to a patchwork of regulators, from CME Group to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, historically a weak regulator held captive by the futures industry in other words, by CME Group ( CME).
We have previously examined the Dodd-Frank rulings with respect to CME in our article CME Group 10% Upside Potential on New Derivatives Rules.
This is why the CME Group ( CME) is being watched for a potential counter-offer.
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Other competitors in the financial sector include: NYSE Euronext (NYX), IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), and CME Group (CME).
Recently there was chatter of ICE as well as CME Group (CME) possibly buying the smaller London MetalExchange.
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They can pursue other more lucrative products, like derivatives, though they bump up against established operators such as CME Group ( CME).
Meanwhile, a private company, CME Group (CME) not a government agency is responsible for the level of food and energy prices.
With that in mind, consider shares of CME Group (CME).
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Among the largest underlying components of IAI, in trading today Morgan Stanley ( MS) is up about 0.3%, and CME Group ( CME) is higher by about 0.1%.
Other top holdings: Morgan Stanley ( MS) at about 7.7%, CME Group ( CME) at 6.1%, Charles Schwab ( SCHW) at 6.1% and Ameriprise ( AMP) at 5.5%.
What does it mean for the granddaddy of them all the CME Group (NYSE: CME)?
We currently feel that the threat to CME Group from the merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse is low as CME already competes with them individually and still managed to increase its average daily volume of energy contracts, its most valuable segment in our estimates, from 1.35 million contracts in 2008 to 1.67 million in 2010.
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Major competitors are Nasdaq OMX, CME Group, BATS Global and Direct Edge.
In January 2011 CME Group launched weekly Treasury options, which saw a positive reception from customers.
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The CME Group, which owns the exchanges, has contingency plans in case of weather-related damages.
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Corporate sponsors include such major companies as FedEx, Google, CME Group and Whole Foods.
But now there are dozens of different markets, and not just NYSE Euronext, CME Group, and Nasdaq.
The safeguards only make the problem worse, the chief of CME Group, Craig Donohue has said.
Major competitors of Nasdaq OMX are NYSE Euronext, CME Group, BATS Global and Direct Edge.
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The average trading volume at CME Group reached 13.4 million contracts per day, up 10% from 2010.
When banks melted down in the credit crisis, CME Group trumpeted its markets as transparent and stable.
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Some have moved from there into trading options, or into trading futures on the likes of CME Group.
After the decision was made to shut U.S. stock markets, executives of derivatives exchanges including CME Group Inc.
News the CME Group again raised its margin requirements for gold also prompted long liquidation in the futures market.
On Tuesday, CME Group and Citadel announced they would be creating an electronic trading platform for credit-default-swap contracts.
Perhaps the biggest culprit here is the action of the CME Group Ltd.
Exchange operator CME Group and Citadel Investment Group are hoping to change that.
Legally CME Group is probably off the hook, but the MF Global situation could cost it clout in Washington.
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The month of December, however, was not so great for the CME Group.
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