CME Details
Index Membership:
S&P 500, S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector: Financial
Industry: Investment Brokerage - National
Full Time Employees: 2,260
CME Business Summary
CME Group Inc. operates the CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX self-regulatory exchanges. It provides a range of products available across various asset classes, including futures and options on futures based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metal, and alternative investment products, such as weather and real estate. The company offers various products that provide a means for hedging, speculation, and asset allocation relating to the risks associated with interest rate sensitive instruments, equity ownership, changes in the value of foreign currency, and changes in the prices of commodities. The company also owns a clearing house, CME Clearing. In addition, CME Group offers market data and information products, as well as involves in real estate business. Its primary trade execution facilities consist of its CME Globex electronic trading platform and open outcry trading floors, as well as privately negotiated transactions that are cleared and settled through its clearing house. Its customer base includes professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, and governments worldwide. The company has strategic relationships with BM&FBOVESPA S.A., Bursa Malaysia Derivatives, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, Green Exchange Venture, Korea Exchange Inc., and Singapore Exchange Limited, as well as a joint venture agreement with Dow Jones & Company Inc. CME Group was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.