CME Group is slated to launch options on Eris SOFR Swap futures on June 16, 2026, pending regulatory review, as a way to help clients better manage U.S. dollar interest rate risk, officials say. “Our new options on Eris SOFR Swap futures will provide clients with additional flexibility in managing U.S. dollar interest rate risk,”… Read More >>
DTCC & CME Push to Extend Cross-Margining Pact
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), a post-trade market infrastructure provider, and derivatives exchanges company CME Group have announced “continued progress on their efforts to extend their existing cross-margining arrangement to end-user clients,” officials say. “Specifically, the Fixed Income Clearing Corp. (FICC) has now formally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to… Read More >>
SEC Approves CME Group’s New Clearing House
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has greenlit the registration of a new securities clearing house, CME Securities Clearing Inc. (CMESC), intended to help trading market participants meet the SEC clearing mandate for U.S. Treasury transactions, which takes effect at the end of next year, according to CME Group, the derivatives exchanges company that… Read More >>
KKR Finalizes $3 Billion Acquisition of OSTTRA
Following an initial announcement in April, private equity giant KKR has completed its acquisition of OSTTRA — jointly owned by S&P Global and CME Group — a post-trade provider valued at $3.1 billion whose major offerings are the MarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima, and Reset solutions for over-the-counter (OTC) markets. Earlier this year, S&P Global and CME… Read More >>
CME Adds FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index Futures
Derivatives marketplace company CME Group has expanded its presence in the global commodities market with the planned addition of FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index futures, pending regulatory approval. The FTSE CoreCommodity CRB Index tracks a diversified basket of 19 commodities — including energy, agriculture, precious metals, and industrial metals. Officials say the new offering is designed… Read More >>
Expansion Drives RJO-StoneX’s Union & KKR’s Purchase of OSTTRA
StoneX Group Inc., a global financial services network, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire futures brokerage R.J. O’Brien (RJO), while private equity giant KKR will purchase post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA from co-owners S&P Global and CME Group. In both cases, the main driver was the expansion of clients and offerings. RJO to Join StoneX RJO will join StoneX… Read More >>
CME Completes First Transaction via Bitcoin Friday Futures
Derivatives exchanges company, CME Group, has completed its first transaction via its “new financially settled options on Bitcoin Friday futures” between Cumberland DRW and Galaxy and cleared by Marex, officials say. The block trade took place on Sunday, February 23. The CME has launched financially settled options on Bitcoin Friday futures to complement its existing… Read More >>
CME & DTCC Advance Margin Cuts for Treasury Traders
CME Group and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. (DTCC) have been working behind the scenes to expand their cross-margining agreement to increase margin savings and capital efficiencies for traders by December 2025, officials say. The update, which is still pending the nod from regulators, aims to improve the long-standing CME-DTCC cross-margining arrangement by allowing… Read More >>
Indiana University Wins CME Group Trading Challenge
Indiana University, based in Bloomington, took first place in the CME Group’s 21st annual University Trading Challenge, officials say. The four-week competition, which had 2,300 students, set a new participation record. In addition to Indiana University, University Trading Challenge Winners are: Second Place: Tecnológico de Monterrey, a private university in Monterrey, Mexico; Third Place: ESLSCA… Read More >>
IPC Bolsters Ops Links via Google Cloud Alliance
(Editor’s note: Communications and cloud connectivity provider IPC has become a Google Cloud Interconnect Partner, a collaboration intended to help IPC customers link to Google Cloud locations globally. The agreement will enable financial institutions that use IPC’s Connexus Cloud for order creation and placement, trade execution, market data delivery, clearing, settlement, and access to trade… Read More >>
