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CHICAGO, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that is has been selected by IDG's Computerworld as a Best Place to Work in IT honoree for the seventh consecutive year, one of 100 top organizations that challenge their IT employees while providing great benefits and compensation. This recognition is part of the bi-weekly IT publication's 18th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey, which was published in the...

NEW YORK, June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts physical price data have been selected as the basis for new diesel and ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) over-the-counter (OTC) contracts by CME Clearing Europe, a London-based subsidiary of CME Group. Platts is a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider and a top publisher of benchmark price references. "We're pleased to see that Platts benchmark data continue to set the standard for OTC energy markets, as recognized...

LONDON, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Clearing, a wholly-owned London-based subsidiary of CME Group, today announced that it has added two new over-the-counter diesel and two biodiesel contracts for clearing as the company expands its European product offerings. In addition, the company will be adding Credit Suisse as a clearing member firm bringing the total number of clearing members to 16. "We continue to develop opportunities for helping our customers in Europe who need to manage...

CHICAGO, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that on Monday, June 6, CBOE will begin disseminating data for CME Group on two new volatility indexes based on CBOT corn and soybean options prices. The new volatility indexes will be calculated using proprietary CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®)) methodology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100707/CBOELOGO-a) The CBOE/CBOT Corn Volatility Index (Ticker - CIV) and CBOE/CBOT...

CHICAGO, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has been honored with an Inside Market Data Award for Acquisition of the Year with its 90 percent ownership interest in Dow Jones Indexes. The Inside Market Data award recognizes industry excellence with market data, reference data and enterprise data management. Nominations were put forward by an editorial committee including Inside Market Data staff. The...

CHICAGO, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Home to more than 50 publicly traded technology companies with more than 24,000 employers sustaining 275,000 high tech jobs, Chicago continues to be a global leader in technological innovation. The Executives' Club of Chicago, this year celebrating its centennial anniversary, will host the best and brightest from the tech industry at this year's Centennial Technology Summit at the Hilton Chicago on June 1. This year's Technology Summit, Tech Tools &...

CHICAGO and KYIV, Ukraine, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced today at The Grain and Feed Trade Association annual meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, that it has signed separate Memorandums of Understanding, one with the Government of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine and another with the commodities exchange Ukrainian Futures Exchange (UFE), to look for opportunities to further develop the financial and derivatives...

CHICAGO, May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced that Executive Chairman Terry Duffy will appear before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment Wednesday, May 25, to discuss implementing the Dodd-Frank clearing mandate. "The critical role of clearing houses in guarding against systemic risk was appropriately a major focus of the Dodd-Frank Act," said...

NEW YORK, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index monthly commentary offers insight into April hedge fund performance. Some key findings from the report include: The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index posted positive performance in April, finishing up 1.80%, with nine out of ten strategies posting positive performance for the month.Managed Futures was the best performing sector in April. The strategy gained 5.40% as managers capitalized on positive...

CHICAGO, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it had revised its recent proposal to increase daily price limits for Corn futures and options. Pending CFTC approval, daily limits on CBOT Corn futures and options would increase to $0.40 per bushel from the current $0.30 per bushel, replacing a late April proposal to increase daily limits to $0.50 per bushel. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the...